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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0031232

STAUNTON STP, CITY OF, Staunton, IL: NPDES IL0031232 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

STAUNTON STP, CITY OF, held by STAUNTON, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit IL0031232, which discharges to Ginseng Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 8, 2019 and expiring September 30, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedSTAUNTON STP, CITY OF
Permittee as filedSTAUNTON, CITY OF
NPDES IDIL0031232
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
IssuedOctober 8, 2019
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2024
AddressStaunton, IL 62088
Receiving waterGINSENG CREEK
SubwatershedWhite Rock Creek-Cahokia Creek (HUC 071401010202)

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 suspended5155140June 30, 202698% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]47967September 30, 2025168% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]51812June 30, 201696% over the limit
pH2135May 31, 2026
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4140
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C130
Chlorine, total residual130
Coliform, fecal general100

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 15, 2025Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentST6

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 15, 2026.