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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0066656

CHICAGO NORTH TRAVEL CENTER, Wadsworth, IL: NPDES IL0066656 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CHICAGO NORTH TRAVEL CENTER, held by TA OPERATING CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit IL0066656, which discharges to Unnamed Trib To Desplaines River. EPA’s file records it issued March 30, 2018 and expiring March 31, 2023. 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 filedCHICAGO NORTH TRAVEL CENTER
Permittee as filedTA OPERATING CORPORATION
NPDES IDIL0066656
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
IssuedMarch 30, 2018
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2023
AddressWadsworth, IL 60083
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIB TO DESPLAINES RIVER

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
Ethylbenzene47745March 31, 2019340% over the limit
Toluene47531December 31, 2020471% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general13030June 30, 202427,350% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]43228December 31, 2025565% over the limit
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]46424March 31, 2022358% over the limit
Oil and grease86521July 31, 20191,033% over the limit
Solids, total suspended42016December 31, 20253,418% over the limit
Polyram03212June 30, 2006149% over the limit
Benzene2243June 30, 201866% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual162August 31, 2002100% over the limit
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs]222December 31, 2022324% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4220
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination2210
pH4200

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 IL0066656.

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.