Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0022934
FRANKFORT WWTP, CITY OF, Frankfort, IN: NPDES IN0022934 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FRANKFORT WWTP, CITY OF holds NPDES permit IN0022934, which discharges to Wildcat Cr S Fk Via Prairie Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 27, 2020 and expiring April 30, 2025. 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 | FRANKFORT WWTP, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FRANKFORT WWTP, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | IN0022934 |
| 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 | February 27, 2020 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Frankfort, IN 46041 |
| Receiving water | WILDCAT CR S FK VIA PRAIRIE CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Prairie Creek (HUC 051201070305) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 26With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 5 | 43 | 38 | June 30, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 24 | 22 | May 31, 2026 | 3,567% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 18 | 30 | 13 | May 31, 2022 | 234% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 16 | 24 | 10 | May 31, 2025 | 200% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 5 | 5 | May 31, 2014 | 94% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 12 | 4 | December 31, 2024 | |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 6 | 3 | April 30, 2023 | 700% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 6 | 1 | September 30, 2024 | 40% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 3 | 4 | 1 | April 30, 2023 | 300% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2000 | 2% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2011 | 11% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2011 | 50% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 18 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 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 IN0022934.
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.