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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0023426

VIRDEN SANITARY DISTRICT - NORTH STP, Virden, IL: NPDES IL0023426 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

VIRDEN SANITARY DISTRICT - NORTH STP, held by VIRDEN SANITARY DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit IL0023426, which discharges to Unnamed Tributary Of Sugar Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 10, 2021 and expiring March 31, 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 filedVIRDEN SANITARY DISTRICT - NORTH STP
Permittee as filedVIRDEN SANITARY DISTRICT
NPDES IDIL0023426
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
IssuedMarch 10, 2021
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2026
AddressVirden, IL 62690
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF SUGAR CREEK
SubwatershedHeadwaters Sugar Creek (HUC 071300070701)
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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C5115July 31, 200140% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]52354August 31, 200968% over the limit
Solids, total suspended561May 31, 200011% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual1620
Coliform, fecal general1150
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant480
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]530
pH220
Phosphorus, total [as P]110

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 IL0023426.

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 NPDES permit IL0023426 for the Virden Sanitary District North STP in Virden, IL, a minor discharger that is administratively continued and discharges to Unnamed Tributary of Sugar Creek. The facts list 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the subwatershed noted as Headwaters Sugar Creek (HUC 071300070701).