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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0059757

COLONA - GREEN ROCK REGIONAL STP, Colona, IL: NPDES IL0059757 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

COLONA - GREEN ROCK REGIONAL STP, held by COLONA, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit IL0059757, which discharges to Green River. EPA’s file records it issued May 12, 2015 and expiring May 31, 2020. 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 filedCOLONA - GREEN ROCK REGIONAL STP
Permittee as filedCOLONA, CITY OF
NPDES IDIL0059757
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 12, 2015
Expiration dateMay 31, 2020
AddressColona, IL 61241
Receiving waterGREEN RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedGreen River (HUC 070900070604)

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]1612137December 31, 20241,341% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general1137June 30, 2026575% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]3104May 31, 2026130% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2171September 30, 20054% over the limit
Solids, total suspended5750
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]4680
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4600
Zinc, total [as Zn]4320
pH2300
Nitrogen, total [as N]1170
Phosphorus, total [as P]1170
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C1150
Cyanide, total [as CN]250
Oil & Grease240
Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable240
Fluoride, total [as F]240
Arsenic, total [as As]240
Barium, total [as Ba]240
Cadmium, total [as Cd]240
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]240
Chromium, total [as Cr]240
Iron, total [as Fe]240
Iron, dissolved [as Fe]240
Lead, total [as Pb]240
Manganese, total [as Mn]240
Nickel, total [as Ni]240
Silver, total [as Ag]240
Selenium, total [as Se]240
Phenolics, total recoverable240
Mercury, total [as Hg]240
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]010
Phenols010

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 IL0059757.

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 15, 2026.