Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0023141
GALESBURG SANITARY DISTRICT STP, Galesburg, IL: NPDES IL0023141 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GALESBURG SANITARY DISTRICT STP, held by GALESBURG SANITARY DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit IL0023141, which discharges to Cedar Creek & Court Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 8, 2012 and expiring January 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 | GALESBURG SANITARY DISTRICT STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GALESBURG SANITARY DISTRICT |
| NPDES ID | IL0023141 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 8, 2012 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2017 |
| Address | Galesburg, IL 61401 |
| Receiving water | CEDAR CREEK & COURT CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Cedar Creek (HUC 070801040801) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 72 | 175 | 175 | August 31, 2020 | 86% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation | 18 | 41 | 41 | November 30, 2018 | 34% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 6 | 40 | 38 | July 31, 2025 | 10,700% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 32 | 24 | March 31, 2007 | 366% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 25 | 18 | March 31, 2007 | 190% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 6 | 9 | 6 | December 31, 2018 | 20% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 64 | 13 | 5 | March 31, 2026 | 74% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 8 | 2 | February 28, 2009 | 750% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2026 | 10% over the limit |
| pH | 12 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 33 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 12, 2026 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
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.