Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0004961

HOFFER PLASTICS CORPORATION, South Elgin, IL: NPDES IL0004961 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

HOFFER PLASTICS CORPORATION holds NPDES permit IL0004961, which discharges to Fox River. EPA’s file records it issued October 24, 2012 and expiring October 31, 2017. 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	HOFFER PLASTICS CORPORATION
Permittee as filed	HOFFER PLASTICS CORPORATION
NPDES ID	IL0004961
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	October 24, 2012
Expiration date	October 31, 2017
Address	South Elgin, IL 60177
Receiving water	FOX RIVER
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Norton Creek-Fox River (HUC 071200070104)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler ILD005216221; ICIS-AIR source IL000089080AAC

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

7Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
5With 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
Chlorine, total residual	1	1	1	February 28, 2013	260% over the limit
pH	2	2	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	2	0
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	2	1	0
Halogen, total residual	0	1	0
Solids, total suspended	2	0	0
Oil & Grease	2	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 IL0004961.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IL0004961, held by HOFFER PLASTICS CORPORATION of South Elgin, IL, which discharges to the FOX RIVER within the Norton Creek-Fox River (HUC 071200070104) subwatershed. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor discharger class of 6, one pollutant under a numeric limit, and one pollutant with an effluent exceedance. The permit was issued October 24, 2012 and expired October 31, 2017, and the status and dates reflect EPA's permit file as loaded on September 15, 2026.