Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0000175
VENICE ENERGY CENTER, Venice, IL: NPDES IL0000175 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VENICE ENERGY CENTER, held by UNION ELECTRIC d/b/a AMEREN MISSOURI, holds NPDES permit IL0000175, which discharges to Mississippi River. EPA’s file records it issued January 30, 2015 and expiring January 31, 2020. 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 | VENICE ENERGY CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | UNION ELECTRIC d/b/a AMEREN MISSOURI |
| NPDES ID | IL0000175 |
| 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 | January 30, 2015 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2020 |
| Address | Venice, IL 62090 |
| Receiving water | MISSISSIPPI RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Schoenberger Creek-Mississippi River (HUC 071401010403) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILD062422050; ICIS-AIR source IL000119105AAA |
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
- 13Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 | 2 | 19 | 7 | May 31, 2022 | 863% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 3 | August 31, 2013 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 4 | 3 | December 31, 2025 | 40% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 1 | 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 IL0000175.
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.