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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0025135

BEARDSTOWN SANITARY DISTRICT STP, Beardstown, IL: NPDES IL0025135 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BEARDSTOWN SANITARY DISTRICT STP, held by BEARDSTOWN SANITARY DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit IL0025135, which discharges to Illinois River. EPA’s file records it issued February 10, 2021 and expiring February 28, 2026. 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 filedBEARDSTOWN SANITARY DISTRICT STP
Permittee as filedBEARDSTOWN SANITARY DISTRICT
NPDES IDIL0025135
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 10, 2021
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2026
AddressBeardstown, IL 62618
Receiving waterILLINOIS RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCurry Lake (HUC 071300031102)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]541October 31, 20154% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general3190
Solids, total suspended7180
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]4120
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4100
pH2100
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C360
Chlorine, total residual260
Flow, total240
Oil & Grease210
Nitrogen, total [as N]210
Phosphorus, total [as P]210
Cyanide, total [as CN]210
Fluoride, total [as F]210
Arsenic, total [as As]210
Barium, total [as Ba]210
Cadmium, total [as Cd]210
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]210
Chromium, total [as Cr]210
Copper, total [as Cu]210
Iron, total [as Fe]210
Iron, dissolved [as Fe]210
Lead, total [as Pb]210
Manganese, total [as Mn]210
Nickel, total [as Ni]210
Silver, total [as Ag]210
Zinc, total [as Zn]210
Selenium, total [as Se]210
Phenolics, total recoverable210
Mercury, total [as Hg]210
Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable010
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]800
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]200

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 IL0025135.

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 IL0025135, held by BEARDSTOWN SANITARY DISTRICT for BEARDSTOWN SANITARY DISTRICT STP in Beardstown, IL, which discharges to the ILLINOIS RIVER and is listed as impaired under 303(D). The permit is shown as administratively continued, with a Major discharger class of 32, 1 pollutant under a numeric limit, and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.