Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0021695
OSGOOD WWTP, Osgood, IN: NPDES IN0021695 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 33Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 18Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
OSGOOD WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0021695, which discharges to Laughery Cr (Big) To Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued March 9, 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 | OSGOOD WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | OSGOOD WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0021695 |
| 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 | March 9, 2018 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Osgood, IN 47037 |
| Receiving water | LAUGHERY CR (BIG) TO OHIO RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Jericho Creek-Laughery Creek (HUC 050902030506) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 37Pollutants on file
- 33Under a numeric limit
- 24With a violation of any kind
- 18With 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 | 78 | 63 | November 30, 2025 | 873% over the limit |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 35 | 34 | October 31, 2015 | 71% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 31 | 22 | April 30, 2025 | 398% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 18 | 16 | November 30, 2024 | 48% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 16 | 15 | February 28, 2026 | 359% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total percent removal | 1 | 12 | 11 | June 30, 2019 | 80% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 11 | 9 | July 31, 2025 | 209% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 11 | 8 | August 31, 2023 | 3,189% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 8 | 8 | October 31, 1997 | 300% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 10 | 6 | April 30, 2025 | |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 6 | 6 | October 31, 1998 | 735% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 8 | 3 | September 30, 1999 | 800% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 3 | 3 | November 30, 1997 | 78% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 10 | 2 | November 30, 2003 | 3,119% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2013 | 821% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2023 | 300% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2023 | 60% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2023 | 300% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [as free] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 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 IN0021695.
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.