Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0038822
BEAR HIGH WOLF LAKE RSD, Albion, IN: NPDES IN0038822 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BEAR HIGH WOLF LAKE RSD, held by BEAR, HIGH, WOLF LAKE REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit IN0038822, which discharges to Elkhart R S Br Via Thumma D-Bear Lk. EPA’s file records it issued September 5, 2019 and expiring October 31, 2024. 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 | BEAR HIGH WOLF LAKE RSD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BEAR, HIGH, WOLF LAKE REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT |
| NPDES ID | IN0038822 |
| 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 | September 5, 2019 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Albion, IN 46701 |
| Receiving water | ELKHART R S BR VIA THUMMA D-BEAR LK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Winebrenner Branch-Carrol Creek (HUC 040500011602) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | 52 | 36 | May 31, 2018 | 2,076% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 33 | 17 | May 31, 2010 | 196% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 25 | 9 | February 29, 2000 | 100% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 12 | 8 | May 31, 2013 | 15% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total percent removal | 1 | 12 | 8 | September 30, 2020 | 246% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 7 | 7 | July 31, 2016 | 4,113% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 10 | 6 | September 30, 1999 | 92% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 9 | 5 | November 30, 2007 | 510% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 1 | 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 IN0038822.
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.