Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES INS040001
INDIANAPOLIS DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS, Indianapolis, IN: NPDES INS040001 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
INDIANAPOLIS DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS, held by INDIANAPOLIS DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS, holds NPDES permit INS040001, which discharges to Wfk White R Via Tribs. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | INDIANAPOLIS DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | INDIANAPOLIS DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS |
| NPDES ID | INS040001 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Large municipal storm sewer systems |
| Issued | January 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Indianapolis, IN 46201 |
| Receiving water | WFK WHITE R VIA TRIBS |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Devon Creek-Fall Creek (HUC 051202010904) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storm water flow | 15 | 32 | 0 | ||
| pH | 15 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Dry days preceding precipitation event | 15 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 15 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 15 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall duration | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [as free] | 14 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES INS040001.
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 INS040001.
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 September 15, 2026.