Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0004171
ELECTRIC ENERGY INC, Joppa, IL: NPDES IL0004171 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 32Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ELECTRIC ENERGY INC holds NPDES permit IL0004171, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued July 30, 2015 and expiring July 31, 2020. 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 | ELECTRIC ENERGY INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ELECTRIC ENERGY INC |
| NPDES ID | IL0004171 |
| 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 | July 30, 2015 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2020 |
| Address | Joppa, IL 62953 |
| Receiving water | OHIO RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Bayou Creek-Ohio River (HUC 051402060701) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILD001979350 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 35Pollutants on file
- 32Under a numeric limit
- 15With 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.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 16 | 4 | 2 | December 31, 2011 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 22 | 11 | 1 | December 31, 2013 | 20% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 10 | 3 | 1 | September 30, 2025 | 370% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 18 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Clamtrol CT-1, Total Water | 7 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Waste heat rejection rate | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination duration | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine usage | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Power plant load in megawatts | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 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 IL0004171.
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.