Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0040541
ROME CITY WWTP, Rome City, IN: NPDES IN0040541 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ROME CITY WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0040541, which discharges to Elkhart R M Br. EPA’s file records it issued December 29, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2022. 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 | ROME CITY WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ROME CITY WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0040541 |
| 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 | December 29, 2016 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Rome City, IN 46784 |
| Receiving water | ELKHART R M BR |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Oviate Ditch-Middle Branch Elkhart River (HUC 040500011505) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 105 | 85 | November 30, 2022 | 116% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 71 | 51 | May 31, 2022 | 322% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 27 | 22 | June 30, 2026 | 120% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 19 | 14 | June 30, 2020 | 50% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 13 | 11 | July 31, 2021 | 3,304% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 19 | 9 | July 31, 2022 | |
| Phosphorus, total percent removal | 0 | 13 | 9 | April 30, 2008 | 70% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2006 | 23,733% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 21 | 1 | March 31, 1999 | 47% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 3 | 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 IN0040541.
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.