Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0050211
BEARCREEK FARMS INC, Bryant, IN: NPDES IN0050211 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BEARCREEK FARMS INC, held by BEARCREEK FARMS, INC. WWTP, holds NPDES permit IN0050211, which discharges to Wabash R Via Bearcreek Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued May 17, 2018 and expiring November 30, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BEARCREEK FARMS INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BEARCREEK FARMS, INC. WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0050211 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 17, 2018 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Bryant, IN 47326 |
| Receiving water | WABASH R VIA BEARCREEK DITCH |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Brewster Ditch-Wabash River (HUC 051201010502) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 | 4 | 133 | 95 | March 31, 2026 | 3,842% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 94 | 94 | July 31, 2026 | 1,247% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 84 | 79 | October 31, 2025 | 553,092% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 54 | 21 | November 30, 2023 | 350% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 19 | 19 | November 30, 2020 | 240% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 29 | 11 | June 30, 2026 | 69% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 26 | 5 | March 31, 2025 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 1 | 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 IN0050211.
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 15, 2026.