Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0001881
ABBVIE INC NORTH CHICAGO FACILITY, North Chicago, IL: NPDES IL0001881 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ABBVIE INC NORTH CHICAGO FACILITY, held by ABBVIE INC, holds NPDES permit IL0001881, which discharges to Lake Michigan. EPA’s file records it issued September 20, 2011 and expiring September 30, 2016. 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 | ABBVIE INC NORTH CHICAGO FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ABBVIE INC |
| NPDES ID | IL0001881 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 20, 2011 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2016 |
| Address | North Chicago, IL 60064 |
| Receiving water | LAKE MICHIGAN |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Waukegan River-Frontal Lake Michigan (HUC 040400020501) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 25With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 16 | 7 | October 31, 2025 | 4% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 15 | 4 | July 31, 2013 | |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 11 | 3 | January 31, 2015 | 2,100% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 10 | 2 | September 30, 2017 | 367% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 6 | 1 | December 31, 2012 | 320% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phenols | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 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 IL0001881.
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.