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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0061484

HILL-ROM, INC. - RITTER MANUFACTURING FACILITY, Batesville, IN: NPDES IN0061484 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HILL-ROM, INC. - RITTER MANUFACTURING FACILITY, held by HILL-ROM, INC. (RITTER PLANT), holds NPDES permit IN0061484, which discharges to Ohio R Via Little Laughery Cr Trib.. EPA’s file records it issued February 28, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022.

HILL-ROM, INC. - RITTER MANUFACTURING FACILITY, Batesville, Indiana: Individual permit IN0061484, held by HILL-ROM, INC. (RITTER PLANT); Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued February 28, 2017, term to May 31, 2022, by IDEM; discharges to OHIO R VIA LITTLE LAUGHERY CR TRIB..

  • pH: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2011.
  • Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, total: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil and grease, hexane extr method: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Zinc, total recoverable: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Copper, total recoverable: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Storm water flow: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • May 4, 2026: Evaluation (S).
  • May 4, 2026: Evaluation (S).

HILL-ROM, INC. - RITTER MANUFACTURING FACILITY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 26 discharge permits in the Little Laughery Creek subwatershed (HUC 050902030502), IN0061484 among them. Its county holds 34, 0 of them major permits; IN0061484 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Little Laughery Creek subwatershed (HUC 050902030502)

Identity

Facility as filedHILL-ROM, INC. - RITTER MANUFACTURING FACILITY
Permittee as filedHILL-ROM, INC. (RITTER PLANT)
NPDES IDIN0061484
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
IssuedFebruary 28, 2017
Expiration dateMay 31, 2022
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressBatesville, IN 47006
Receiving waterOHIO R VIA LITTLE LAUGHERY CR TRIB.
SubwatershedLittle Laughery Creek (HUC 050902030502)
SIC3995 – Burial Caskets
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler IND000803759; ICIS-AIR source IN0000001813700002

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
pH441December 31, 2011
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]230
Flow, total230
Solids, total suspended210
Oil and grease, hexane extr method210
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]210
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]210
Phosphorus, total [as P]210
Zinc, total recoverable210
Copper, total recoverable210
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]210
Storm water flow210

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0061484.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 4, 2026EvaluationS
May 4, 2026EvaluationS

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 IN0061484.

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

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IN0061484 for Hill-Rom, Inc. – Ritter Manufacturing Facility in Batesville, IN, which is administratively continued and classed as a Minor discharger. The page lists 12 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.