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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0055417

COUNTRY ACRES ASSOCIATION, Decatur, IN: NPDES IN0055417 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

COUNTRY ACRES ASSOCIATION, held by COUNTRY ACRES ASSOCIATION WWTP, holds NPDES permit IN0055417, which discharges to St Marys R Via Kohne Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued April 28, 2016 and expiring July 31, 2021. 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 filedCOUNTRY ACRES ASSOCIATION
Permittee as filedCOUNTRY ACRES ASSOCIATION WWTP
NPDES IDIN0055417
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 28, 2016
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2021
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressDecatur, IN 46733
Receiving waterST MARYS R VIA KOHNE DITCH
SubwatershedHolthouse Ditch (HUC 041000040501)
SIC4952 – 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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]8607351February 28, 20192,350% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual6381184July 31, 20151,009,900% over the limit
Solids, total suspended8418158May 31, 2019154,518% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]830035November 30, 20132,300% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal15835August 31, 2019417% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]39632May 31, 2019268,836% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal15532September 30, 2019294% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]28216September 30, 200942% over the limit
pH21397March 31, 2014
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1820
Flow, total1610
Number of Events200

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0055417.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IN0055417.

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 IN0055417.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IN0055417, held by COUNTRY ACRES ASSOCIATION WWTP, a minor discharger whose permit is administratively continued after its July 31, 2021 expiration date. The page lists 9 pollutants under a numeric limit and 12 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the facility discharging via Kohne Ditch to the St Marys R in subwatershed HUC 041000040501.