Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0052523
WHEELOCK LAKE CAMPGROUND, Elrod, IN: NPDES IN0052523 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WHEELOCK LAKE CAMPGROUND, held by BROWNINGS RECREATIONAL CAMP, holds NPDES permit IN0052523, which discharges to Or/Laughery Creek/Little Turkey Crk. EPA’s file records it issued April 16, 2020 and expiring October 31, 2025. 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 | WHEELOCK LAKE CAMPGROUND |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BROWNINGS RECREATIONAL CAMP |
| NPDES ID | IN0052523 |
| 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 | April 16, 2020 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Elrod, IN 47018 |
| Receiving water | OR/LAUGHERY CREEK/LITTLE TURKEY CRK |
| Subwatershed | Raccoon Creek-Laughery Creek (HUC 050902030601) |
| NAICS | 721214 – Recreational and Vacation Camps [Except Campgrounds] |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 160 | 134 | July 31, 2026 | 4,303% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 116 | 89 | July 31, 2026 | 9,900% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 57 | 46 | July 31, 2026 | 26,794% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 84 | 41 | July 31, 2026 | 427% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 71 | 29 | December 31, 2025 | 325% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 32 | 22 | July 31, 2026 | 93% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 4 | 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 IN0052523.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
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.