Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0046736
SHELL DES PLAINES TERMINAL, Arlington Heights, IL: NPDES IL0046736 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SHELL DES PLAINES TERMINAL, held by TRITON WEST LLC, holds NPDES permit IL0046736, which discharges to Higgins Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 11, 2019 and expiring January 31, 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 filed | SHELL DES PLAINES TERMINAL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TRITON WEST LLC |
| NPDES ID | IL0046736 |
| 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 11, 2019 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2024 |
| Address | Arlington Heights, IL 60005 |
| Receiving water | HIGGINS CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Willow Creek (HUC 071200040504) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 32Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 30With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 74 | 46 | July 31, 2026 | 2,833% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 146 | 36 | July 31, 2026 | |
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 88 | 22 | May 31, 2026 | 767% over the limit |
| Benzene | 3 | 102 | 8 | July 31, 2008 | 900% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 31 | 8 | September 30, 2002 | 155% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 76 | 4 | November 30, 2003 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 4 | 4 | March 31, 2007 | 173% over the limit |
| Toluene | 6 | 118 | 2 | December 31, 2003 | 614% over the limit |
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 3 | 110 | 1 | June 30, 2002 | 142% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 120 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 6 | 118 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 6 | 116 | 0 | ||
| Polyram | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[ghi]perylene | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Dibenz[a,h]anthracene | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 3,4-Benzofluoranthene | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 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 IL0046736.
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.