Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INP000177

ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP, Mount Vernon, IN: NPDES INP000177 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
3Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP holds NPDES permit INP000177, which discharges to Mt. Vernon Wwtp. EPA’s file records it issued April 18, 2019 and expiring July 31, 2024.

ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP, Mount Vernon, Indiana: Individual industrial user permit INP000177; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued April 18, 2019, term to July 31, 2024, by IDEM; discharges to MT. VERNON WWTP.

pH: 24 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2002.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 24 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 0 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 0 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Acetone: 24 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Isopropyl acetate, total effluent: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Methylene chloride: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
n-Amyl acetate: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Ethyl acetate: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cyanide, total [as CN]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

May 19, 2026: Evaluation (IU) (S).

ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP among its neighbors

Its county holds 55, 4 of them major permits; INP000177 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the county

A.B. BROWN GENERATING STATION, Evansville: INRA11027, minor permit, permit term to December 15, 2027
A.B. BROWN GENERATING STATION, Evansville: INRA11227, minor permit, permit term to February 5, 2028
ADM MILLING COMPANY - MOUNT VERNON, Mount Vernon: INRM00654, minor permit, discharging to Ohio River, permit term to May 17, 2022
BLACK RIVER WELCOME CENTER, Griffin: IN0045837, minor permit, discharging to WABASH R VIA BLACK CR VIA COX'S CR, permit term to December 31, 2020
BLANKENBERGER BROTHERS INCORPORATED, Cynthiana: INR10P078, minor permit, permit term to June 14, 2027
BUSLER ENTERPRISES INC - BUSLER 12, Evansville: ING080309, minor permit, discharging to OHIO R VIA CYPRESS D VIA GRASSED SWALE, permit term to June 30, 2018
BWX TECHNOLOGIES INC, Mount Vernon: IN0002895, minor permit, discharging to OHIO R VIA UNNAMED TRIBUTARY, permit term to May 31, 2022
CARTWRIGHT COURT SUBDIVISION, Wadesville: INRA12769, minor permit, permit term to October 25, 2028
CF INDUSTRIES DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES LLC - MT. VERNON TERMINAL, Mount Vernon: IN0059773, minor permit, discharging to OHIO RIVER, permit term to September 30, 2022
CIMBAR PERFORMANCE MINERALS MV, LLC, Mount Vernon: INRM01489, minor permit, permit term to December 29, 2019

Identity

Facility as filed	ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Permittee as filed	ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
NPDES ID	INP000177
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual industrial user permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	April 18, 2019
Expiration date	July 31, 2024
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Mount Vernon, IN 47602
Receiving water	MT. VERNON WWTP
SIC	2834 – Pharmaceutical Preparations
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler INR000021592; ICIS-AIR source IN0000001812900021

Effluent limits and exceedances

11Pollutants on file
3Under a numeric limit
11With a violation of any kind
1With 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
pH	24	18	8	September 30, 2002
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	24	12	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	0	5	0
Solids, total suspended	0	5	0
Acetone	24	2	0
Isopropyl acetate, total effluent	0	2	0
Methylene chloride	0	2	0
n-Amyl acetate	0	2	0
Ethyl acetate	0	2	0
Oil & Grease	0	1	0
Cyanide, total [as CN]	0	1	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES INP000177.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
May 19, 2026	Evaluation (IU)	S

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES INP000177.

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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit INP000177, held by ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP in Mount Vernon, IN, which discharges to Mt. Vernon Wwtp and is administratively continued as a Minor Discharger class 3 permit. The page lists 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued April 18, 2019 and expiring July 31, 2024.