Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ING040110
SOLAR SOURCES MINING, LLC LEWIS MINE, Lewis, IN: NPDES ING040110 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SOLAR SOURCES MINING, LLC LEWIS MINE, held by SOLAR SOURCES LEWIS MINE, holds NPDES permit ING040110, which discharges to Eel R Via Watkins Cr & Tribs. EPA’s file records it issued October 15, 2010 and expiring October 31, 2015. 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 | SOLAR SOURCES MINING, LLC LEWIS MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SOLAR SOURCES LEWIS MINE |
| NPDES ID | ING040110 |
| 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 | October 15, 2010 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2015 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Lewis, IN 47858 |
| Receiving water | EEL R VIA WATKINS CR & TRIBS |
| Subwatershed | Watkins Creek-Eel River (HUC 051202030803) |
| NAICS | 212111 – Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining |
| SIC | 1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 14 | 13 | 13 | October 31, 2007 | 283% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 14 | 5 | 5 | January 31, 2007 | 86% over the limit |
| pH | 18 | 4 | 4 | June 30, 2005 | |
| Solids, settleable | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration | 4 | 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 ING040110.
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.