Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0059927
NOTRE DAME POWER PLANT, South Bend, IN: NPDES IN0059927 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NOTRE DAME POWER PLANT, held by NOTRE DAME DU LAC POWER PLANT, UNIVERSITY OF, holds NPDES permit IN0059927, which discharges to St. Joseph Lake. EPA’s file records it issued September 16, 2013 and expiring December 31, 2018. 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 | NOTRE DAME POWER PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NOTRE DAME DU LAC POWER PLANT, UNIVERSITY OF |
| NPDES ID | IN0059927 |
| 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 | September 16, 2013 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | South Bend, IN 46556 |
| Receiving water | ST. JOSEPH LAKE |
| Subwatershed | Pinhook Lake-Saint Joseph River (HUC 040500012207) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler IND048994727 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 9 | 1 | January 31, 2004 | 10% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Tin, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 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 IN0059927.
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.