Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ING040002
PEABODY MIDWEST MINING LLC VIKING MINE KNOX PIT, Bicknell, IN: NPDES ING040002 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PEABODY MIDWEST MINING LLC VIKING MINE KNOX PIT, held by Peabody Midwest Mining LLC Viking Mine Knox Pit, holds NPDES permit ING040002. EPA’s file records it issued August 14, 2015 and expiring September 30, 2020. 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 | PEABODY MIDWEST MINING LLC VIKING MINE KNOX PIT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Peabody Midwest Mining LLC Viking Mine Knox Pit |
| NPDES ID | ING040002 |
| 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 | August 14, 2015 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Bicknell, IN 47512 |
| Subwatershed | Pickel Ditch-Indian Creek (HUC 051202020802) |
| NAICS | 212111 – Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining |
| SIC | 1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler IND984963348; ICIS-AIR source IN0000001808300022 |
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
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 | 28 | 39 | 11 | May 31, 2017 | 160% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 28 | 31 | 3 | January 31, 2016 | 51% over the limit |
| pH | 62 | 21 | 1 | November 30, 2012 | |
| Solids, settleable | 62 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 62 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Duration | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 14 | 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 ING040002.
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.