Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0075108
CALUMET ENERGY LLC, Chicago, IL: NPDES IL0075108 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CALUMET ENERGY LLC, held by IPA OPERATIONS INC, holds NPDES permit IL0075108, which discharges to Storm Swr Trib To Calumet River. EPA’s file records it issued February 14, 2020 and expiring February 28, 2025. 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 filed | CALUMET ENERGY LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | IPA OPERATIONS INC |
| NPDES ID | IL0075108 |
| 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 14, 2020 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2025 |
| Address | Chicago, IL 60617 |
| Receiving water | STORM SWR TRIB TO CALUMET RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Calumet River-Frontal Lake Michigan (HUC 040400010603) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 16 | 9 | July 31, 2026 | 2,400% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 9 | 5 | June 30, 2018 | 177% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 4 | 7 | 3 | July 31, 2025 | 65% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 8 | 2 | December 31, 2021 | 9% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 17 | 1 | April 30, 2011 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 28 | 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 IL0075108.
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.