Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0001309
NORAMCO CHICAGO INC, Lemont, IL: NPDES IL0001309 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 2Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NORAMCO CHICAGO INC holds NPDES permit IL0001309, which discharges to Chicago Sanitary And Ship Canal. EPA’s file records it issued September 26, 2019 and expiring September 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 | NORAMCO CHICAGO INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NORAMCO CHICAGO INC |
| NPDES ID | IL0001309 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 26, 2019 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2024 |
| Address | Lemont, IL 60439 |
| Receiving water | CHICAGO SANITARY AND SHIP CANAL |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Maple Lake-Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (HUC 071200040705) |
| SIC | 3312 – Blast Furnaces And Steel Mills |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILD065873630 |
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
- 12Pollutants on file
- 2Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 | 0 | 117 | 5 | December 31, 2003 | 87% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 67 | 3 | February 28, 2003 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 147 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 88 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 5 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 9 | 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 IL0001309.
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.