Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0021598
DALE MUNICIPAL WWTP, Dale, IN: NPDES IN0021598 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DALE MUNICIPAL WWTP, held by DALE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, holds NPDES permit IN0021598, which discharges to Little Pigeon Cr Via Ballard Branch. EPA’s file records it issued April 30, 2018 and expiring June 30, 2023. 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 | DALE MUNICIPAL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | DALE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT |
| NPDES ID | IN0021598 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 30, 2018 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Dale, IN 47523 |
| Receiving water | LITTLE PIGEON CR VIA BALLARD BRANCH |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Little Pigeon Creek (HUC 051402010902) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 26Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 35 | 27 | May 31, 2015 | 471% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 9 | 9 | June 30, 2018 | 22% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 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 IN0021598.
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.