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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0001571

DYNEGY MIDWEST GENERATION LLC, Havana, IL: NPDES IL0001571 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

DYNEGY MIDWEST GENERATION LLC, held by DYNEGY MIDWEST GENERATION, INC, holds NPDES permit IL0001571, which discharges to Illinois River. EPA’s file records it issued September 14, 2012 and expiring September 30, 2017. 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 filedDYNEGY MIDWEST GENERATION LLC
Permittee as filedDYNEGY MIDWEST GENERATION, INC
NPDES IDIL0001571
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 14, 2012
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2017
AddressHavana, IL 62644
Receiving waterILLINOIS RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedMontanzas Lake (HUC 071300031002)

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 suspended10116May 31, 2021100% over the limit
pH895January 31, 2020
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant12100
Mercury, total [as Hg]660
Oil and grease650
Chlorination duration140
Chlorine usage140
Chlorination frequency130
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit120
Chlorine, total residual310
Toluene210
Benzene210
Acenaphthylene210
Acenaphthene210
Anthracene210
Benzo[b]fluoranthene210
Benzo[k]fluoranthene210
Benzo[a]pyrene210
Chrysene210
Ethylbenzene210
Fluoranthene210
Fluorene210
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene210
Phenanthrene210
Pyrene210
Benzo[ghi]perylene210
Benzo[a]anthracene210
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene210
Naphthalene210
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]210
Oil & Grease010
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C400
Coliform, fecal general100

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 IL0001571.

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.