Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0002259
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - SIGECO F. B. CULLEY STATION, Newburgh, IN: NPDES IN0002259 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 36Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - SIGECO F. B. CULLEY STATION, held by VECTREN CORP - SIGECO F. B. CULLEY STATION, holds NPDES permit IN0002259, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued March 28, 2017 and expiring April 30, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | CENTERPOINT ENERGY - SIGECO F. B. CULLEY STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | VECTREN CORP - SIGECO F. B. CULLEY STATION |
| NPDES ID | IN0002259 |
| 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 |
| Issued | March 28, 2017 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Newburgh, IN 47630 |
| Receiving water | OHIO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Red Bush-Little Pigeon Creek (HUC 051402011006) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 43Pollutants on file
- 36Under a numeric limit
- 29With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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 | 10 | 44 | 26 | January 31, 2024 | 1,123% over the limit |
| pH | 12 | 24 | 5 | July 31, 2022 | |
| Iron, total recoverable | 8 | 5 | 5 | September 30, 2016 | 1,038% over the limit |
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 4 | June 30, 2026 | 137% over the limit |
| Oxidants, total residual | 1 | 4 | 4 | October 31, 2015 | 350% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 20 | 19 | 3 | January 31, 2022 | 4% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 11 | 3 | August 31, 2010 | 85% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 6 | 2 | March 31, 1994 | 275% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 6 | 2 | March 31, 1994 | 299% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 2 | 2 | April 30, 2012 | 2,921% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 7 | 1 | July 31, 2004 | 25% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2019 | 19% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 9 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination duration | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bromide [as Br] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual [dsg. time] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [as free] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Storm water flow | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination frequency | 1 | 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 IN0002259.
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 14, 2026.