Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0023914
CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Beardstown, IL: NPDES IL0023914 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, held by CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS-BEARDST, holds NPDES permit IL0023914, which discharges to Illinois River. EPA’s file records it issued September 24, 2004 and expiring October 31, 2009. 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 | CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS-BEARDST |
| NPDES ID | IL0023914 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 24, 2004 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2009 |
| Address | Beardstown, IL 62618 |
| Receiving water | ILLINOIS RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Curry Lake (HUC 071300031102) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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] | 72 | 35 | 19 | May 31, 2024 | 208% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 28 | 10 | October 31, 2022 | 42% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 20 | 10 | November 30, 2022 | 754% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 4 | 13 | 9 | November 30, 2014 | 143% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 13 | 7 | June 30, 2022 | 31% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 4 | 4 | June 30, 2002 | 90% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 14 | 2 | April 30, 2015 | |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 4 | 2 | March 31, 2015 | 18% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 5 | 1 | May 31, 2014 | 155% over the limit |
| Polyram | 0 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2004 | 39% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 2 | 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 IL0023914.
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.