Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0003140
3M CORDOVA, Cordova, IL: NPDES IL0003140 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 138Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
3M CORDOVA, held by MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING CO., holds NPDES permit IL0003140, which discharges to Mississippi River. EPA’s file records it issued March 21, 2003 and expiring February 29, 2008. 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 | 3M CORDOVA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING CO. |
| NPDES ID | IL0003140 |
| 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 | March 21, 2003 |
| Expiration date | February 29, 2008 |
| Address | Cordova, IL 61242 |
| Receiving water | MISSISSIPPI RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Cordova Slough-Mississippi River (HUC 070801010402) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILD054236443; ICIS-AIR source IL000161807AAA |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 153Pollutants on file
- 138Under a numeric limit
- 29With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 153 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 7 | 5 | November 30, 2012 | 178% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 5 | 5 | September 30, 2022 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2019 | 14% over the limit |
| Priority Pollutants | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA) | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA) | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA) | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA) | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorohexane Sulfonate | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1016 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1221 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1232 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1242 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1248 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1254 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1260 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanesulfonamide (PFOSA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanesulfonate | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorobutane Sulfonate | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bromoform | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| .delta.-Benzenehexachloride | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroethane, total weight | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Endosulfan sulfate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| .beta.-Endosulfan | 4 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 7, 2026 | Wet-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| August 25, 2025 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| July 8, 2025 | Wet-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
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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