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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ING040292

SUN ENERGY GROUP LLC FLINT HILL MINE, Dale, IN: NPDES ING040292 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SUN ENERGY GROUP LLC FLINT HILL MINE, held by Sun Energy Group LLC Flint Hill Mine, holds NPDES permit ING040292. EPA’s file records it issued May 15, 2019 and expiring May 31, 2024. 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 filedSUN ENERGY GROUP LLC FLINT HILL MINE
Permittee as filedSun Energy Group LLC Flint Hill Mine
NPDES IDING040292
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 15, 2019
Expiration dateMay 31, 2024
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressDale, IN 47523
SubwatershedHeadwaters Little Pigeon Creek (HUC 051402010902)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended181111June 30, 2025266% over the limit
Iron, total recoverable1844February 28, 202586% over the limit
Manganese, total recoverable222February 29, 2024105% over the limit
pH1800
Solids, settleable1800
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1800
Duration800
Precipitation volume800
Nickel, total recoverable200
Zinc, total recoverable200
Aluminum, total recoverable200
Copper, total recoverable200

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ING040292.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.