Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0038296
PLAINVILLE MUNICIPAL WWTP, Plainville, IN: NPDES IN0038296 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PLAINVILLE MUNICIPAL WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0038296, which discharges to W Fk White R Via Smothers Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 10, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2026. 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 | PLAINVILLE MUNICIPAL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PLAINVILLE MUNICIPAL WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0038296 |
| 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 | July 10, 2020 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Plainville, IN 47568 |
| Receiving water | W FK WHITE R VIA SMOTHERS CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Kane Ditch-Smothers Creek (HUC 051202020507) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 | 61 | 27 | September 30, 2009 | 3,934% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 47 | 27 | October 31, 2015 | 2,550% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 31 | 20 | August 31, 2013 | 930% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 48 | 10 | November 30, 2010 | 191% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 18 | 9 | July 31, 2013 | 35% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 38 | 2 | June 30, 2008 | 150% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 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 IN0038296.
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.