Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0002186
HRE CRAWFORD LLC, Chicago, IL: NPDES IL0002186 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 2Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HRE CRAWFORD LLC, held by MIDWEST GENERATION LLC, holds NPDES permit IL0002186, which discharges to Chicago Sanitary And Ship Canal. EPA’s file records it issued January 31, 2013 and expiring January 31, 2018. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | HRE CRAWFORD LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MIDWEST GENERATION LLC |
| NPDES ID | IL0002186 |
| 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 | January 31, 2013 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2018 |
| Address | Chicago, IL 60623 |
| Receiving water | CHICAGO SANITARY AND SHIP CANAL |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | South Branch Chicago River-Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (HUC 071200030107) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILD044231470 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 2Under a numeric limit
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 6 | 6 | August 31, 2001 | 8% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 26 | 2 | June 30, 2005 | 40% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| pH | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination frequency | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination duration | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine usage | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 1 | 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 IL0002186.
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 September 15, 2026.