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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0064611

ILLINOIS FUEL CO-I-1 MINE, Herod, IL: NPDES IL0064611 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ILLINOIS FUEL CO-I-1 MINE, held by ILLINOIS FUEL COMPANY LLC, holds NPDES permit IL0064611, which discharges to Eagle Ck;Rose Ck;Pruett Br;. EPA’s file records it issued July 24, 1996 and expiring April 30, 2001. 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 filedILLINOIS FUEL CO-I-1 MINE
Permittee as filedILLINOIS FUEL COMPANY LLC
NPDES IDIL0064611
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 24, 1996
Expiration dateApril 30, 2001
AddressHerod, IL 62947
Receiving waterEAGLE CK;ROSE CK;PRUETT BR;
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBlack Branch-Eagle Creek (HUC 051402040705)

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 suspended632,725153April 30, 2014399% over the limit
Manganese, total [as Mn]632,716141December 31, 2013815% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]632,59925April 30, 2014137% over the limit
Sulfate, total [as SO4]542,35525August 31, 201129% over the limit
pH842,11717April 30, 2014
Solids, settleable211985April 30, 201819,900% over the limit
Chloride [as Cl]542,3323February 28, 2018135% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant421,7150
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]218580
Acidity, total [as CaCO3]218580

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 IL0064611.

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.