Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0035297
NUCOR STEEL KANKAKEE, INC., Bourbonnais, IL: NPDES IL0035297 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NUCOR STEEL KANKAKEE, INC. holds NPDES permit IL0035297, which discharges to Unnamed Trib To Soldiers Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 28, 2020 and expiring January 31, 2025. 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 filed | NUCOR STEEL KANKAKEE, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NUCOR STEEL KANKAKEE, INC. |
| NPDES ID | IL0035297 |
| 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 | January 28, 2020 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2025 |
| Address | Bourbonnais, IL 60914 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED TRIB TO SOLDIERS CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Baker Creek (HUC 071200011803) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 8 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 8 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 8 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 8 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 8 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 4 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES IL0035297.
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 IL0035297.
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.