Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0055093
EFFINGHAM TERMINAL, Effingham, IL: NPDES IL0055093 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EFFINGHAM TERMINAL, held by BUCKEYE TERMINAL LLC, holds NPDES permit IL0055093, which discharges to Unnamed Trib To Sugar Fork. EPA’s file records it issued February 8, 2017 and expiring February 28, 2022. 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 TERMINAL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BUCKEYE TERMINAL LLC |
| NPDES ID | IL0055093 |
| 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 | February 8, 2017 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2022 |
| Address | Effingham, IL 62401 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED TRIB TO SUGAR FORK |
| Subwatershed | Shoal Creek-Little Wabash River (HUC 051201140107) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil and grease | 4 | 8 | 2 | June 30, 2007 | 10% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 4 | 2 | December 31, 2007 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 3 | 1 | April 30, 1997 | 66% over the limit |
| Toluene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Polyram | 0 | 2 | 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 IL0055093.
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.