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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0028894

GARDNER STP, Gardner, IL: NPDES IL0028894 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GARDNER STP, held by GARDNER, VILLAGE OF, holds NPDES permit IL0028894, which discharges to Unnamed Trib To Mazon River. EPA’s file records it issued December 9, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2025. 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 filedGARDNER STP
Permittee as filedGARDNER, VILLAGE OF
NPDES IDIL0028894
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 9, 2020
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2025
AddressGardner, IL 60424
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIB TO MAZON RIVER
SubwatershedJackson Creek-Mazon River (HUC 071200050501)

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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended5175142July 31, 20261,218% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]52713June 30, 202335% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual1175March 31, 2024160% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]4251May 31, 200342% over the limit
pH291February 28, 2011
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]1180
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4160
Coliform, fecal general150
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C130

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 IL0028894.

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.