Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0062871
POET BIOREFINING - CLOVERDALE, LLC, Cloverdale, IN: NPDES IN0062871 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
POET BIOREFINING - CLOVERDALE, LLC holds NPDES permit IN0062871, which discharges to Little Limestone Cr Via Trib. EPA’s file records it issued December 29, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | POET BIOREFINING - CLOVERDALE, LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | POET BIOREFINING - CLOVERDALE, LLC |
| NPDES ID | IN0062871 |
| 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 | December 29, 2016 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Cloverdale, IN 46120 |
| Receiving water | LITTLE LIMESTONE CR VIA TRIB |
| Subwatershed | Owl Branch-Deer Creek (HUC 051202030302) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler INR000123794; ICIS-AIR source IN0000001813300003 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 24With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 52 | 42 | June 30, 2026 | 533% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 4 | 20 | 7 | March 31, 2026 | 500% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 14 | 7 | August 31, 2025 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 5 | 4 | October 31, 2008 | 378% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 4 | 4 | September 30, 2008 | 28% over the limit |
| Pentachlorophenol | 0 | 4 | 4 | October 31, 2008 | 900% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 12 | 3 | December 31, 2020 | 3,310% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2009 | 11% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2008 | 69% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 11 | 1 | August 31, 2016 | 446% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 2 | 1 | October 31, 2008 | 782% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Storm water flow | 2 | 1 | 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 IN0062871.
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 September 15, 2026.