Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0058009
GEM UTILITIES, INC. NORTHERN WWTP, New Palestine, IN: NPDES IN0058009 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GEM UTILITIES, INC. NORTHERN WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0058009, which discharges to Sugar Cr Via Buck Cr Via Doe Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 8, 2019 and expiring October 31, 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 | GEM UTILITIES, INC. NORTHERN WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GEM UTILITIES, INC. NORTHERN WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0058009 |
| 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 | August 8, 2019 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | New Palestine, IN 46163 |
| Receiving water | SUGAR CR VIA BUCK CR VIA DOE CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Doe Creek-Buck Creek (HUC 051202040504) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| 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
- 13Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 51 | 31 | March 31, 2019 | 175% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 6 | 4 | April 30, 2001 | 91% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 8 | 1 | November 30, 2002 | 13% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 5 | 1 | July 31, 2001 | 36% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 31 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 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 IN0058009.
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.