Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0053422
GRANDMAS TRAVEL CENTER, Rensselaer, IN: NPDES IN0053422 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GRANDMAS TRAVEL CENTER, held by GRANDMA'S TRAVEL CENTER, holds NPDES permit IN0053422, which discharges to Iroquois R Via Yeoman Ditch Trib.. EPA’s file records it issued July 29, 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 | GRANDMAS TRAVEL CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GRANDMA'S TRAVEL CENTER |
| NPDES ID | IN0053422 |
| 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 | July 29, 2020 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Rensselaer, IN 47978 |
| Receiving water | IROQUOIS R VIA YEOMAN DITCH TRIB. |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Curtis Creek (HUC 071200020401) |
| NAICS | 722511 – Full-Service Restaurants |
| SIC | 5812 – Eating Places |
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
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 29 | 25 | October 31, 2017 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 35 | 15 | July 31, 2025 | 224% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 30 | 6 | August 31, 2025 | 62% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 12 | 6 | May 31, 2025 | 47% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 26 | 2 | May 31, 2024 | 41% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 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 IN0053422.
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.