Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0063215
TIPTON WEST WWTP, Tipton, IN: NPDES IN0063215 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TIPTON WEST WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0063215, which discharges to Dixon Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 20, 2018 and expiring September 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 | TIPTON WEST WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TIPTON WEST WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0063215 |
| 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 | June 20, 2018 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Tipton, IN 46072 |
| Receiving water | DIXON CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Dixon Creek-Cicero Creek (HUC 051202010603) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 | 41 | 31 | June 30, 2025 | 1,172% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 12 | 10 | April 30, 2023 | 230% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 16 | 8 | August 31, 2023 | 173% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 11 | 7 | April 30, 2025 | 929% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 5 | 4 | May 31, 2016 | 50% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total percent removal | 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 IN0063215.
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.