Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0021172
SYRACUSE, TOWN OF, Syracuse, IN: NPDES IN0021172 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SYRACUSE, TOWN OF, held by SYRACUSE WWTP, holds NPDES permit IN0021172, which discharges to Lm/Elkhart River/Turkey Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 9, 2018 and expiring May 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 | SYRACUSE, TOWN OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SYRACUSE WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0021172 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 9, 2018 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Syracuse, IN 46567 |
| Receiving water | LM/ELKHART RIVER/TURKEY CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Hoopingarner Ditch-Turkey Creek (HUC 040500011704) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 31Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 31With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 38 | 21 | June 30, 2021 | 400% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 6 | 18 | 18 | December 31, 2023 | 93% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 30 | 14 | June 30, 2021 | 272% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 10 | 10 | August 31, 1999 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 23 | 7 | January 31, 2026 | 87% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 7 | 7 | 7 | December 31, 2012 | 123% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total percent removal | 1 | 11 | 6 | September 30, 2021 | 41% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 14 | 3 | May 31, 2024 | 1,511% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 7 | 3 | November 30, 2012 | 98% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 7 | 3 | September 30, 2021 | 60% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 5 | 2 | October 31, 2005 | 14% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 4 | 1 | September 30, 2012 | 62% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light intensity | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 1 | 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 IN0021172.
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.