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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0021113

MORRIS - MAIN STP, Morris, IL: NPDES IL0021113 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MORRIS - MAIN STP, held by MORRIS, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit IL0021113, which discharges to Illinois River. EPA’s file records it issued July 16, 2020 and expiring July 31, 2025. 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 filedMORRIS - MAIN STP
Permittee as filedMORRIS, CITY OF
NPDES IDIL0021113
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 16, 2020
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2025
AddressMorris, IL 60450
Receiving waterILLINOIS RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedEast Fork Nettle Creek (HUC 071200050601)
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
Coliform, fecal general42721October 31, 2019424,900% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]71612July 31, 2026812% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual462June 30, 2026320% over the limit
pH6111August 31, 2014
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]4120
Solids, total suspended790
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant450
Oil & Grease220
Cyanide, total [as CN]220
Fluoride, total [as F]220
Arsenic, total [as As]220
Barium, total [as Ba]220
Cadmium, total [as Cd]220
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]220
Chromium, total [as Cr]220
Copper, total [as Cu]220
Iron, total [as Fe]220
Iron, dissolved [as Fe]220
Lead, total [as Pb]220
Manganese, total [as Mn]220
Nickel, total [as Ni]220
Silver, total [as Ag]220
Zinc, total [as Zn]220
Selenium, total [as Se]220
Phenolics, total recoverable220
Mercury, total [as Hg]220
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C310
Phosphorus, total [as P]310
Nitrogen, total [as N]210
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]210
Flow, total210
Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit110
Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable010
Overflows400

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 11, 2026Wet-weather unanticipated prohibited bypass discharge to waters of the U.S. - endangermentST6
June 21, 2026Wet-weather unanticipated prohibited bypass discharge to waters of the U.S. - endangermentST6
June 17, 2026Wet-weather unanticipated prohibited bypass discharge to waters of the U.S. - endangermentST6
June 10, 2026Wet-weather unanticipated prohibited bypass discharge to waters of the U.S. - endangermentST6
April 2, 2025Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangermentST6

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 October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This EPA public-records page covers NPDES permit IL0021113 for MORRIS - MAIN STP in Morris, IL, a major discharger whose permit is administratively continued. The figures listed are 34 pollutants on file, 33 under a numeric limit, and 4 with an effluent exceedance.