Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0063215
TIPTON WEST WWTP, Tipton, IN: NPDES IN0063215 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
TIPTON WEST WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0063215, which discharges to Dixon Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 20, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023. 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 | TIPTON WEST WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TIPTON WEST WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0063215 |
| 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 | June 20, 2018 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Tipton, IN 46072 |
| Receiving water | DIXON CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Dixon Creek-Cicero Creek (HUC 051202010603) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 | 4 | 41 | 31 | June 30, 2025 | 1,172% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 12 | 10 | April 30, 2023 | 230% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 16 | 8 | August 31, 2023 | 173% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 11 | 7 | April 30, 2025 | 929% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 5 | 4 | May 31, 2016 | 50% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total percent removal | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 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 IN0063215.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IN0063215.
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 IN0063215.
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.