Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0020958
FOX LAKE NW REGIONAL WRF, VILLAGE OF, Fox Lake, IL: NPDES IL0020958 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 40Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FOX LAKE NW REGIONAL WRF, VILLAGE OF, held by FOX LAKE, VILLAGE OF, holds NPDES permit IL0020958, which discharges to Fox River. EPA’s file records it issued March 18, 2015 and expiring March 31, 2020. 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 filed | FOX LAKE NW REGIONAL WRF, VILLAGE OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FOX LAKE, VILLAGE OF |
| NPDES ID | IL0020958 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 18, 2015 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2020 |
| Address | Fox Lake, IL 60020 |
| Receiving water | FOX RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Pistakee Lake-Fox River (HUC 071200061010) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 40Pollutants on file
- 40Under a numeric limit
- 37With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 34 | 34 | 20 | December 31, 2018 | 276% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 9 | 21 | 8 | May 31, 2016 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 12 | 8 | July 31, 2017 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 12 | 4 | March 31, 2010 | 733% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 9 | 1 | September 30, 2009 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 4 | 1 | February 28, 2014 | 16% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 10 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, dissolved | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 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 IL0020958.
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.