Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0000779
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD - CENTRALIA YARD, Centralia, IL: NPDES IL0000779 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 15Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD - CENTRALIA YARD, held by ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD, holds NPDES permit IL0000779, which discharges to Fulton Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 19, 2019 and expiring November 30, 2024. 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 | ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD - CENTRALIA YARD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD |
| NPDES ID | IL0000779 |
| 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 | November 19, 2019 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2024 |
| Address | Centralia, IL 62801 |
| Receiving water | FULTON CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Sewer Creek-Grand Point Creek (HUC 071402020809) |
| SIC | 4011 – Railroads, Line-Haul Operating |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILD000806034; ICIS-AIR source IL000121422ABS |
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
- 27Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 23With a violation of any kind
- 15With 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 | 11 | 9 | December 31, 2020 | 53% over the limit |
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 0 | 5 | 2 | June 30, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Dibenz[a,h]anthracene | 0 | 5 | 2 | June 30, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 2 | 4 | 2 | August 31, 2004 | 220% over the limit |
| Acenaphthylene | 0 | 4 | 2 | June 30, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 0 | 4 | 2 | June 30, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 0 | 4 | 2 | June 30, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chrysene | 0 | 4 | 2 | June 30, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 0 | 4 | 2 | June 30, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Phenanthrene | 0 | 4 | 2 | June 30, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Benzo[ghi]perylene | 0 | 4 | 2 | June 30, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 0 | 4 | 2 | June 30, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 2 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2010 | 1% over the limit |
| Anthracene | 0 | 4 | 1 | June 30, 2009 | 310% over the limit |
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2009 | 21% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Polyram | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 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 IL0000779.
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.