Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0061310

BIPPUS REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT, Bippus, IN: NPDES IN0061310 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

BIPPUS REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT holds NPDES permit IN0061310, which discharges to Eel R Via Pony Cr Via Carroll Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued March 25, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2026.

BIPPUS REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT, Bippus, Indiana: Individual permit IN0061310; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 25, 2021, term to June 30, 2026, by IDEM; discharges to EEL R VIA PONY CR VIA CARROLL DITCH.

Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 8 limits, 74 violations of any kind, 73 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2023, largest 4,400% over the limit.
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]: 2 limits, 46 violations of any kind, 36 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2016, largest 1,091% over the limit.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 2 limits, 32 violations of any kind, 20 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2013, largest 63% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 14 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2009, largest 1,229% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 8 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2015, largest 262% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2007.
Number of Events: 0 limits, 17 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, suspended percent removal: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, total: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

June 18, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Indiana holds 541 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 517 were issued before IN0061310.

Coverages issued nearest IN0061310

March 10, 2021: KINGMAN MUNICIPAL WWTP, Kingman, IN0039390
March 10, 2021: WEST CENTRAL CONSERVANCY DIST, Avon, IN0051632, held by WEST CENTRAL CONSERVANCY DISTRICT
March 23, 2021: LA FONTAINE WWTP, TOWN OF, La Fontaine, IN0020371, held by LAFONTAINE WWTP
March 23, 2021: FRENCH LICK MUNICIPAL WWTP, West Baden, IN0022951
March 23, 2021: ROANN WWTP, Roann, IN0040533
March 31, 2021: PETERSBURG MUNICIPAL WWTP, Petersburg, IN0024325
April 15, 2021: JASPER WWTP, Jasper, IN0020834, held by JASPER MUNICIPAL WWTP
April 15, 2021: DARLINGTON MUNICIPAL WWTP, Darlington, IN0022721
April 15, 2021: GOSHEN WWTP, Goshen, IN0025755, held by GOSHEN WWTP
April 21, 2021: PONETO WWTP, Poneto, IN0059048

BIPPUS REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Pony Creek subwatershed (HUC 051201040405), IN0061310 among them. Its county holds 49, 1 of them major permits; IN0061310 is a minor permit.

Identity

Facility as filed	BIPPUS REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT
Permittee as filed	BIPPUS REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT
NPDES ID	IN0061310
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	March 25, 2021
Expiration date	June 30, 2026
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Bippus, IN 46713
Receiving water	EEL R VIA PONY CR VIA CARROLL DITCH
Subwatershed	Pony Creek (HUC 051201040405)
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

11Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
7With a violation of any kind
6With 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	74	73	September 30, 2023	4,400% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]	2	46	36	June 30, 2016	1,091% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	2	32	20	June 30, 2013	63% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	14	14	May 31, 2009	1,229% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	8	7	5	June 30, 2015	262% over the limit
pH	2	5	4	June 30, 2007
Number of Events	0	17	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	0	0
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	1	0	0
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	0	0
Flow, total	1	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0061310.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
June 18, 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 IN0061310.

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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit IN0061310 held by BIPPUS REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT in Bippus, IN, a minor discharger classified as a publicly owned treatment works, with the permit administratively continued and listing 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 10 with an effluent exceedance. The permit was issued March 25, 2021 and expires June 30, 2026, with the status as loaded on October 14, 2026.