Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0000612
ALTON STEEL INC, Alton, IL: NPDES IL0000612 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ALTON STEEL INC holds NPDES permit IL0000612, which discharges to Mississippi River. EPA’s file records it issued August 28, 2013 and expiring August 31, 2018. 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 | ALTON STEEL INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ALTON STEEL INC |
| NPDES ID | IL0000612 |
| 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 | August 28, 2013 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2018 |
| Address | Alton, IL 62002 |
| Receiving water | MISSISSIPPI RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | East Branch Wood River-Wood River (HUC 071100090304) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILD006280606; ICIS-AIR source IL000119010AAE |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 28Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 27With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 | 4 | 50 | 48 | March 31, 2026 | 146% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 8 | 41 | 35 | May 31, 2026 | 704% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 19 | 18 | June 30, 2026 | 1,500% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 6 | 20 | 17 | November 30, 2024 | 58% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 6 | 16 | 9 | March 31, 2021 | 49% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 8 | 7 | July 31, 2007 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 28 | 3 | March 31, 2026 | |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 5 | 2 | March 31, 2021 | 87% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 6 | 7 | 1 | March 31, 2021 | 75% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 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 IL0000612.
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.