Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0001724
AMERICAN NICKELOID COMPANY, Peru, IL: NPDES IL0001724 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 14Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AMERICAN NICKELOID COMPANY holds NPDES permit IL0001724, which discharges to Illinois River. EPA’s file records it issued September 19, 2014 and expiring September 30, 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 | AMERICAN NICKELOID COMPANY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | AMERICAN NICKELOID COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | IL0001724 |
| 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 | September 19, 2014 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2019 |
| Address | Peru, IL 61354 |
| Receiving water | ILLINOIS RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Depue Lake-Illinois River (HUC 071300010804) |
| SIC | 3471 – Plating And Polishing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILD005072517; ICIS-AIR source IL000099827AAA |
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
- 30Pollutants on file
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 26With a violation of any kind
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 8 | 32 | 14 | July 31, 2024 | 800% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 45 | 11 | February 28, 2025 | 433% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 6 | 31 | 11 | March 31, 2025 | 9,400% over the limit |
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 12 | 25 | 7 | May 31, 2024 | 156% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 22 | 7 | February 28, 2025 | |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 8 | 6 | October 31, 2019 | 93% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 13 | 5 | March 31, 2026 | 119% over the limit |
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 6 | 21 | 4 | February 28, 2017 | 94% over the limit |
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 12 | 31 | 3 | June 30, 2026 | 121% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 12 | 21 | 3 | April 30, 2015 | 19% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 12 | 21 | 3 | June 30, 2015 | 25% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 27 | 2 | February 28, 2026 | 52% over the limit |
| Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433] | 2 | 6 | 2 | April 30, 2015 | 19,465% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 12 | 17 | 1 | May 31, 2025 | 36% over the limit |
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 6 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 6 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 12 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 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 IL0001724.
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.