Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ING040127

PEABODY MIDWEST MINING LLC SULLIVAN NORTH MINE, Sullivan, IN: NPDES ING040127 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

PEABODY MIDWEST MINING LLC SULLIVAN NORTH MINE, held by PEABODY MIDWEST MINING - SULLIVAN NORTH MINE, holds NPDES permit ING040127, which discharges to Kettle,Mud,Big Branch,Buttermilk,Busseron Crks. EPA’s file records it issued November 16, 2010 and expiring January 31, 2016. 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 SULLIVAN NORTH MINE
Permittee as filed	PEABODY MIDWEST MINING - SULLIVAN NORTH MINE
NPDES ID	ING040127
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	November 16, 2010
Expiration date	January 31, 2016
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Sullivan, IN 47882
Receiving water	KETTLE,MUD,BIG BRANCH,BUTTERMILK,BUSSERON CRKS
Subwatershed	Buttermilk Creek (HUC 051201111507)
NAICS	212111 – Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining
SIC	1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler IND000715227; ICIS-AIR source IN0000001815300011

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

13Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
6With a violation of any kind
4With 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
pH	28	17	13	March 31, 2005
Iron, total [as Fe]	20	15	11	June 30, 2012	923% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	20	13	9	July 31, 2015	280% over the limit
Manganese, total [as Mn]	2	3	3	April 30, 2012	13% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	28	4	0
Solids, settleable	28	1	0
Precipitation volume	10	0	0
Duration of discharge	9	0	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	0	0
Nickel, total [as Ni]	2	0	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	0	0
Aluminum, total [as Al]	2	0	0
Duration	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 ING040127.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit ING040127 for Peabody Midwest Mining LLC's Sullivan North Mine in Sullivan, IN, with a permit status of Effective and a Minor discharger class. The facts list 13 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the permit is recorded as issued November 16, 2010 and expiring January 31, 2016.