Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0040592
SCHNEIDER WWTP, Schneider, IN: NPDES IN0040592 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 1Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
SCHNEIDER WWTP, held by SCHNEIDER MUNICIPAL WWTP, holds NPDES permit IN0040592, which discharges to Kankakee R Via Brown Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued August 8, 2019 and expiring October 31, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | SCHNEIDER WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SCHNEIDER MUNICIPAL WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0040592 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 8, 2019 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Schneider, IN 46376 |
| Receiving water | KANKAKEE R VIA BROWN DITCH |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Williams Ditch (HUC 071200011204) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 6With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 52 | 17 | July 31, 2026 | 930% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 161 | 13 | March 31, 2025 | 311% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 18 | 6 | April 30, 2002 | 750% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 151 | 3 | September 30, 2015 | 68,142% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 40 | 3 | August 31, 2017 | 82% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 5 | 3 | March 31, 2019 | 33% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 148 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 74 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 72 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0040592.
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 10, 2026 | Reconnaissance without Sampling | S |
Formal enforcement and penalties
0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.
Informal enforcement
EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES IN0040592.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.