Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0028622
EFFINGHAM STP, Effingham, IL: NPDES IL0028622 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 37Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EFFINGHAM STP, held by EFFINGHAM, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit IL0028622, which discharges to Unnamed Trib Of Salt Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 9, 2019 and expiring May 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 filed | EFFINGHAM STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | EFFINGHAM, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | IL0028622 |
| 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 | May 9, 2019 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2024 |
| Address | Effingham, IL 62401 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED TRIB OF SALT CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Brush Creek-Salt Creek (HUC 051201140203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 41Pollutants on file
- 37Under a numeric limit
- 37With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 38 | 31 | May 31, 2004 | 264% over the limit |
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 2 | 26 | 26 | March 31, 2021 | 1,263% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 31 | 16 | April 30, 2026 | 1,128% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 3 | 25 | 16 | March 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 0 | 12 | 12 | July 31, 1999 | 362% over the limit |
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 13 | 10 | February 29, 2000 | 1,280% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 53 | 18 | 8 | August 31, 2000 | 226% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 10 | 8 | March 31, 2015 | 1,017% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 4 | 1 | January 31, 2000 | 23% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2026 | |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 1999 | 20% over the limit |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall duration | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Duration | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 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 IL0028622.
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 14, 2026.