Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0004545
CANADIAN NATIONAL / IL CENTRAL RAILROAD, Champaign, IL: NPDES IL0004545 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CANADIAN NATIONAL / IL CENTRAL RAILROAD, held by CANADIAN NATIONAL/IL CENTRAL RAILROAD, holds NPDES permit IL0004545, which discharges to Unnamed Ditch To Saline Branch Drainage Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued July 20, 2017 and expiring July 31, 2022. 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 | CANADIAN NATIONAL / IL CENTRAL RAILROAD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CANADIAN NATIONAL/IL CENTRAL RAILROAD |
| NPDES ID | IL0004545 |
| 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 | July 20, 2017 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2022 |
| Address | Champaign, IL 61820 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED DITCH TO SALINE BRANCH DRAINAGE DITCH |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Crystal Lake-Saline Branch Drainage Ditch (HUC 051201090202) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILD000806042 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 27With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | 49 | 33 | February 28, 2017 | 7,857% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 35 | 19 | February 29, 2016 | 3,679% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 2 | 16 | 4 | March 31, 2008 | 2,003% over the limit |
| Toluene | 1 | 18 | 3 | February 29, 2008 | 1,767% over the limit |
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 1 | 17 | 2 | February 29, 2008 | 149% over the limit |
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 16 | 1 | February 29, 2008 | 327% over the limit |
| Benzene | 1 | 14 | 1 | February 29, 2008 | 167% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 9 | 1 | June 30, 2017 | |
| Naphthalene | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[ghi]perylene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dibenz[a,h]anthracene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 3,4-Benzofluoranthene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 0 | 2 | 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 IL0004545.
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.