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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0005126

IMTT ILLINOIS - LEMONT FACILITY, Lemont, IL: NPDES IL0005126 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

IMTT ILLINOIS - LEMONT FACILITY, held by IMTT ILLINOIS, holds NPDES permit IL0005126, which discharges to Illinois And Michigan Canal. EPA’s file records it issued December 13, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2024. 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 filedIMTT ILLINOIS - LEMONT FACILITY
Permittee as filedIMTT ILLINOIS
NPDES IDIL0005126
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
IssuedDecember 13, 2019
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2024
AddressLemont, IL 60439
Receiving waterILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN CANAL
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedSaganashkee Slough-Calumet Sag Channel (HUC 071200040702)

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 168 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2011384December 31, 20253,467% over the limit
Solids, total suspended208477July 31, 20262,242% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general42119July 31, 20263,400% over the limit
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]42211September 30, 2000355% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]181608May 31, 200172% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]10136April 30, 201799,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual296June 30, 2026300% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]4175March 31, 2019355% over the limit
Oil and grease495July 31, 2000149% over the limit
pH142984January 31, 2026
Copper, total [as Cu]241May 31, 202624% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant221440
Barium, total [as Ba]4100
Chromium, total [as Cr]2100
Vinyl chloride880
Dichlorobromomethane680
Carbon tetrachloride680
Bromoform680
Chloroform680
Toluene680
Benzene680
Chlorobenzene680
Chloroethane, total weight680
Ethylbenzene680
Methyl bromide [Bromomethane]680
Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]680
Methylene chloride680
Tetrachloroethylene680
1,1-Dichloroethane680
1,1-Dichloroethylene680
1,1,1-Trichloroethane680
1,1,2-Trichloroethane680
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane680
1,2-Dichloroethane, total weight680
1,2-Dichloropropane680
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene680
2-Chloroethyl vinyl ether, [mixed]680
Trichloroethylene680
Acrolein280
Acrylonitrile280
Chlorodibromomethane260
Phenol260
trans-1,3-Dichloropropene450
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]250
1,2-Dichlorobenzene640
1,3-Dichlorobenzene640
1,4-Dichlorobenzene640
Acenaphthylene240
Acenaphthene240
Anthracene240
Benzo[b]fluoranthene240
Benzo[a]pyrene240
.delta.-Benzenehexachloride240
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether240
Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane240
Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether240
Butyl benzyl phthalate240
Chrysene240
Diethyl phthalate240
Dimethyl phthalate240

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 IL0005126.

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.