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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0068888

ARCWOOD ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC, Lemont, IL: NPDES IL0068888 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ARCWOOD ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC, held by HERITAGE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, LLC, holds NPDES permit IL0068888, which discharges to Chicago Sanitary And Ship Canal. EPA’s file records it issued July 24, 2019 and expiring July 31, 2024. 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 filedARCWOOD ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC
Permittee as filedHERITAGE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, LLC
NPDES IDIL0068888
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, 2019
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2024
AddressLemont, IL 60439
Receiving waterCHICAGO SANITARY AND SHIP CANAL
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedMaple Lake-Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (HUC 071200040705)

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 suspended14910July 31, 2025134% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]1421September 30, 20244% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]1410
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant240
Arsenic, total [as As]020
Cadmium, total [as Cd]020
Chromium, total [as Cr]020
Cobalt, total [as Co]020
Lead, total [as Pb]020
Nickel, total [as Ni]020
Silver, total [as Ag]020
Vanadium, total [as V]020
Antimony, total [as Sb]020
Tin, total [as Sn]020
Titanium, total [as Ti]020
Total phenols020
Butyl benzyl phthalate020
Fluoranthene020
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]020
o-Cresol020
Mercury, total [as Hg]020
Pyridine020
p-Cresol020
n-Decane020
Carbazole020
n-Octadecane020
2-Butanone020
Acetone020
Acetophenone020
Trichlorophenol020

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 IL0068888.

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 14, 2026.