Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ING040129
RESPONSIBLE ENERGY OPERATIONS LLC CHARGER MINE, Petersburg, IN: NPDES ING040129 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RESPONSIBLE ENERGY OPERATIONS LLC CHARGER MINE, held by Responsible Energy Operations LLC - Charger Mine, holds NPDES permit ING040129, which discharges to Patoka River. EPA’s file records it issued November 30, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2025. 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 | RESPONSIBLE ENERGY OPERATIONS LLC CHARGER MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Responsible Energy Operations LLC - Charger Mine |
| NPDES ID | ING040129 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 30, 2020 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Petersburg, IN 47567 |
| Receiving water | Patoka River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Mud Creek-East Fork White River (HUC 051202081509) |
| SIC | 1222 – Bituminous Coal - Underground |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler IND077867950 |
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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 83 | 4 | September 30, 2021 | 91% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 10 | 94 | 2 | August 31, 2021 | 300% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 8 | 80 | 2 | February 28, 2009 | 2,067% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 78 | 2 | September 30, 2005 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 76 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 4 | 20 | 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 ING040129.
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.