Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0063177
CARDINAL ETHANOL, LLC, Union City, IN: NPDES IN0063177 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CARDINAL ETHANOL, LLC holds NPDES permit IN0063177, which discharges to White River To Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued August 16, 2018 and expiring October 31, 2023. 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 | CARDINAL ETHANOL, LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CARDINAL ETHANOL, LLC |
| NPDES ID | IN0063177 |
| 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 | August 16, 2018 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Union City, IN 47390 |
| Receiving water | WHITE RIVER TO OHIO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Peach Creek-White River (HUC 051202010102) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 24 | 15 | May 31, 2025 | 1,527% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 16 | 11 | May 31, 2017 | 72% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 14 | 11 | 10 | March 31, 2026 | 9% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 4 | 18 | 8 | March 31, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 13 | 7 | November 30, 2017 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 4 | 12 | 6 | March 31, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 7 | 4 | February 28, 2018 | 99% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 2 | 2 | October 31, 2025 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2021 | 167% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 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 IN0063177.
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.