Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0040738

WEST LEBANON WWTP, West Lebanon, IN: NPDES IN0040738 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

WEST LEBANON WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0040738, which discharges to Wabash R Via Redwood Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 12, 2020 and expiring June 30, 2025.

WEST LEBANON WWTP, West Lebanon, Indiana: Individual permit IN0040738; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 12, 2020, term to June 30, 2025, by IDEM; discharges to WABASH R VIA REDWOOD CREEK.

BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 2 limits, 97 violations of any kind, 39 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2025, largest 320% over the limit.
Solids, suspended percent removal: 0 limits, 27 violations of any kind, 26 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2015, largest 99,999% over the limit.
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal: 0 limits, 24 violations of any kind, 23 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2015, largest 213% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 70 violations of any kind, 16 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2023, largest 267% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 66 violations of any kind, 12 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2014.
Dilution factor: 1 limit, 36 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2017, largest 2,100% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 4 limits, 15 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2016, largest 100% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 72 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2022, largest 164% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 107 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Streamflow: 1 limit, 51 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]: 3 limits, 25 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, total: 1 limit, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Number of Events: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Indiana holds 541 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 389 were issued before IN0040738.

Coverages issued nearest IN0040738

February 27, 2020: JASONVILLE MUNICIPAL WWTP, Jasonville, IN0021008, held by JASONVILLE WWTP
February 27, 2020: ROANOKE WWTP, Roanoke, IN0021440
February 27, 2020: FRANKFORT WWTP, CITY OF, Frankfort, IN0022934
February 27, 2020: ROSEDALE WWTP, Rosedale, IN0035505
March 12, 2020: ASHBURY RIDGE MANF HOME COMMUNITY WWTP, Mooresville, IN0030023, held by ASHBURY RIDGE MANUFACTURED HOME COM.
March 12, 2020: MOROCCO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Morocco, IN0060798, held by MOROCCO WWTP, TOWN OF
March 12, 2020: RSD LEXINGTON WWTP, Lexington, IN0062251
April 9, 2020: BRAZIL WWTP, Brazil, IN0021211, held by BRAZIL WWTP, CITY OF
April 9, 2020: CONNERSVILLE WWTP, CITY OF, Connersville, IN0032336, held by CONNERSVILLE WWTP
April 9, 2020: CHRISNEY MUNICIPAL WWTP, Chrisney, IN0039306

WEST LEBANON WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the Redwood Creek subwatershed (HUC 051201080605), IN0040738 among them. Its county holds 11, 0 of them major permits; IN0040738 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Redwood Creek subwatershed (HUC 051201080605)

EMDEN WTP, Emden: ILG640180, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED BRANCH OF PRAIRIE CREEK, permit term to April 30, 2017
HANGING ROCK CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY, West Lebanon: IN0053511, minor permit, discharging to WABASH R VIA REDWOOD CREEK, permit term to June 30, 2025

Identity

Facility as filed	WEST LEBANON WWTP
Permittee as filed	WEST LEBANON WWTP
NPDES ID	IN0040738
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	March 12, 2020
Expiration date	June 30, 2025
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	West Lebanon, IN 47991
Receiving water	WABASH R VIA REDWOOD CREEK
Subwatershed	Redwood Creek (HUC 051201080605)
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

13Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
13With a violation of any kind
8With 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
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	2	97	39	March 31, 2025	320% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	0	27	26	March 31, 2015	99,999% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	0	24	23	March 31, 2015	213% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	2	70	16	February 28, 2023	267% over the limit
pH	2	66	12	August 31, 2014
Dilution factor	1	36	7	November 30, 2017	2,100% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	4	15	3	April 30, 2016	100% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	72	2	November 30, 2022	164% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	107	0
Streamflow	1	51	0
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]	3	25	0
Flow, total	1	13	0
Number of Events	2	2	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0040738.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IN0040738.

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 IN0040738.

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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IN0040738 for WEST LEBANON WWTP in West Lebanon, IN, a publicly owned treatment works discharging to Wabash R via Redwood Creek, with its status as administratively continued and its expiration date of June 30, 2025. The page lists 11 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit classed as a Minor discharger.