Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0002178
MIDWEST GENERATION LLC, Chicago, IL: NPDES IL0002178 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MIDWEST GENERATION LLC holds NPDES permit IL0002178, which discharges to South Branch Of Chicago River. EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2018 and expiring May 31, 2023. 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 | MIDWEST GENERATION LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MIDWEST GENERATION LLC |
| NPDES ID | IL0002178 |
| 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 | June 1, 2018 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2023 |
| Address | Chicago, IL 60608 |
| Receiving water | SOUTH BRANCH OF CHICAGO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | South Branch Chicago River-Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (HUC 071200030107) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILD044231538; ICIS-AIR source IL000031600AMI |
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
- 26Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 4 | 4 | January 31, 2011 | 200% over the limit |
| Chlorine usage | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination frequency | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination duration | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 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 IL0002178.
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.