Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0049191
SOUTH BEND ETHANOL LLC, South Bend, IN: NPDES IN0049191 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
SOUTH BEND ETHANOL LLC holds NPDES permit IN0049191, which discharges to Kankakee R Via Dixon West Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued March 29, 2019 and expiring April 30, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | SOUTH BEND ETHANOL LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SOUTH BEND ETHANOL LLC |
| NPDES ID | IN0049191 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 29, 2019 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | South Bend, IN 46613 |
| Receiving water | KANKAKEE R VIA DIXON WEST DITCH |
| Subwatershed | Dixon West Place Ditch (HUC 071200010205) |
| SIC | 2869 – Industrial Organic Chemicals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler IND105767008; ICIS-AIR source IN0000001814100033 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 20 | 70 | 59 | April 30, 2026 | 32% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 5 | 23 | 5 | October 31, 2024 | 188% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 35 | 3 | December 31, 2008 | 140% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 55 | 2 | February 28, 2023 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 4 | 1 | February 29, 2024 | 17% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 61 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 4 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 46 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Storm water flow | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 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 IN0049191.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IN0049191.
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 IN0049191.
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 October 14, 2026.