Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ING040037

PEABODY MIDWEST MINING LLC FRANCISCO MINE, Francisco, IN: NPDES ING040037 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
12Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

PEABODY MIDWEST MINING LLC FRANCISCO MINE, held by Peabody Midwest Mining LLC Francisco Mine, holds NPDES permit ING040037, which discharges to Lost Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 20, 2019 and expiring March 31, 2024. 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 FRANCISCO MINE
Permittee as filed	Peabody Midwest Mining LLC Francisco Mine
NPDES ID	ING040037
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	March 20, 2019
Expiration date	March 31, 2024
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Francisco, IN 47649
Receiving water	Lost Creek
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Upper River DeShee (HUC 051202021005)
NAICS	212111 – Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining
SIC	1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler INR000016832; ICIS-AIR source IN0000001805100029

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

12Pollutants on file
12Under a numeric limit
11With 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	16	26	20	August 31, 2025	483% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]	16	8	2	June 30, 2014	30% over the limit
pH	22	6	2	January 31, 2006
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	22	7	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	4	4	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	4	4	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	4	4	0
Solids, settleable	22	2	0
Nickel, total [as Ni]	4	2	0
Aluminum, total [as Al]	4	2	0
Precipitation volume	8	1	0
Duration	8	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 ING040037.

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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Nearby on the register

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

This public-records page covers the NPDES ING040037 discharge permit held by Peabody Midwest Mining LLC for the Francisco Mine in Francisco, IN, which discharges to Lost Creek and lies in the Upper River DeShee (HUC 051202021005) subwatershed. The permit is listed as Effective and was issued March 20, 2019, with an expiration date of March 31, 2024, and the page shows 12 pollutants under a numeric limit, of which 3 had an effluent exceedance.