Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0000043
BALDWIN ENERGY COMPLEX, Baldwin, IL: NPDES IL0000043 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 30Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BALDWIN ENERGY COMPLEX, held by DYNEGY MIDWEST GENERATION, LLC, holds NPDES permit IL0000043, which discharges to Kaskaskia River And Doza Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 12, 2014 and expiring December 31, 2019. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BALDWIN ENERGY COMPLEX |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | DYNEGY MIDWEST GENERATION, LLC |
| NPDES ID | IL0000043 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 12, 2014 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2019 |
| Address | Baldwin, IL 62217 |
| Receiving water | KASKASKIA RIVER AND DOZA CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Horseshoe Lake (HUC 071401010402) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILD000805713; ICIS-AIR source IL000157851AAA |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 32Pollutants on file
- 30Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 20 | 51 | 51 | March 31, 2026 | 193% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 8 | 6 | March 31, 2000 | 110% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 5 | 5 | October 31, 2025 | 800% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 22 | 5 | 1 | January 31, 2023 | 40% over the limit |
| pH | 16 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2004 | |
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 0 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2002 | 9% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 2 | 0 | 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 IL0000043.
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 October 14, 2026.