Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0002119
CLEVELAND-CLIFFS RIVERDALE LLC, Riverdale, IL: NPDES IL0002119 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
CLEVELAND-CLIFFS RIVERDALE LLC, held by ARCELORMITTAL RIVERDALE LLC, holds NPDES permit IL0002119, which discharges to Little Calumet River. EPA’s file records it issued December 9, 2016 and expiring December 31, 2021. 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 | CLEVELAND-CLIFFS RIVERDALE LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ARCELORMITTAL RIVERDALE LLC |
| NPDES ID | IL0002119 |
| 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 | December 9, 2016 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2021 |
| Address | Riverdale, IL 60827 |
| Receiving water | LITTLE CALUMET RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Grand Calumet River-Little Calumet River (HUC 071200030407) |
| SIC | 3312 – Blast Furnaces And Steel Mills |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILD984858076; ICIS-AIR source IL000031258ABR |
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
- 33Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halogen, total residual | 0 | 9 | 4 | November 30, 2005 | 1,020% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 22 | 40 | 2 | March 31, 2025 | 52% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 37 | 1 | June 30, 2006 | |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 11 | 28 | 1 | March 31, 2019 | 4% over the limit |
| Temperature Increase Deg. F | 0 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2024 | 6% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 12 | 37 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 12 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 12 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 12 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 12 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 12 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 22 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 22 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 12 | 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 IL0002119.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IL0002119.
Formal enforcement and penalties
0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.
Informal enforcement
EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES IL0002119.
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.