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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0020851

CHRISTOPHER STP, CITY OF, Christopher, IL: NPDES IL0020851 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CHRISTOPHER STP, CITY OF, held by CHRISTOPHER, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit IL0020851, which discharges to Unnamed Trib To Willis Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 12, 2021 and expiring April 30, 2026. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedCHRISTOPHER STP, CITY OF
Permittee as filedCHRISTOPHER, CITY OF
NPDES IDIL0020851
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 12, 2021
Expiration dateApril 30, 2026
AddressChristopher, IL 62822
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIB TO WILLIS CREEK
SubwatershedAndy Creek (HUC 071401060701)
Program components on fileBiosolids, POTW
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended514288May 31, 2026105% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]412787February 28, 2026156% over the limit
pH2309February 28, 2025
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4520
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]5260
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C1140
Chlorine, total residual1120
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]180
Coliform, fecal general180

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IL0020851.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IL0020851, held by CHRISTOPHER, CITY OF for the CHRISTOPHER STP, CITY OF facility in Christopher, IL, which discharges to Unnamed Trib To Willis Creek. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a discharger class of 9, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.