Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0059153

LEBANON WATER UTILITY/SUGAR CREEK WTP, Thorntown, IN: NPDES IN0059153 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

LEBANON WATER UTILITY/SUGAR CREEK WTP holds NPDES permit IN0059153, which discharges to Sugar Cr To Wabash River. EPA’s file records it issued June 17, 2016 and expiring November 30, 2021.

LEBANON WATER UTILITY/SUGAR CREEK WTP, Thorntown, Indiana: Individual permit IN0059153; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 17, 2016, term to November 30, 2021, by IDEM; discharges to SUGAR CR TO WABASH RIVER.

Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2000, largest 1,168% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 4 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2017, largest 300% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2012.
Iron, total recoverable: 2 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, total: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

October 30, 2026: Evaluation (S).

LEBANON WATER UTILITY/SUGAR CREEK WTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 28 discharge permits in the Spring Creek-Sugar Creek subwatershed (HUC 051201100107), IN0059153 among them. Its county holds 53, 4 of them major permits; IN0059153 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Spring Creek-Sugar Creek subwatershed (HUC 051201100107)

47 COMMONS - PHASE 1, Thorntown: INRA17027, minor permit, permit term to October 19, 2030
AUBURN MEADOWS PHASE 4, Lebanon: INRA16349, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2030
BARTLETT SUBSTATION - WVPA, Lebanon: INRA18519, minor permit, permit term to July 13, 2031
CORBETT TOWNS, Lebanon: INRA13599, minor permit, permit term to April 1, 2029
CR N 350 W RECONSTRUCTION, Thorntown: INRA18010, minor permit, permit term to April 21, 2031
E & B PAVING LLC PORTABLE PLANT 41, Lebanon: INRM02805, minor permit, permit term to October 19, 2026
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY - LP 1 - CONSTRUCTION WAREHOUSE, Lebanon: INRA14550, minor permit, permit term to August 28, 2029
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY - LP1 - BUILDING 64, Lebanon: INRA18624, minor permit, permit term to July 30, 2031
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY - LP1 - INDUSTRIAL RAIL, Lebanon: INRA17368, minor permit, permit term to December 30, 2030
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY - SMALL MOLECULE 2, Lebanon: INRA17088, minor permit, permit term to October 28, 2030

Identity

Facility as filed	LEBANON WATER UTILITY/SUGAR CREEK WTP
Permittee as filed	LEBANON WATER UTILITY/SUGAR CREEK WTP
NPDES ID	IN0059153
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	June 17, 2016
Expiration date	November 30, 2021
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Thorntown, IN 46052
Receiving water	SUGAR CR TO WABASH RIVER
Subwatershed	Spring Creek-Sugar Creek (HUC 051201100107)
SIC	4941 – Water Supply

Effluent limits and exceedances

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
6With a violation of any kind
3With 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
Solids, total suspended	2	16	6	July 31, 2000	1,168% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	4	11	3	January 31, 2017	300% over the limit
pH	2	10	2	September 30, 2012
Iron, total recoverable	2	7	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	6	0
Flow, total	1	1	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0059153.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
October 30, 2026	Evaluation	S

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 IN0059153.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IN0059153 for LEBANON WATER UTILITY/SUGAR CREEK WTP in Thorntown, IN, with the permit status shown as administratively continued and a minor discharger classification. The facts list 6 for the discharger class, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.