Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0026735
TORKELSON CHEESE COMPANY, Lena, IL: NPDES IL0026735 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TORKELSON CHEESE COMPANY holds NPDES permit IL0026735, which discharges to Waddams Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 16, 2017 and expiring August 31, 2022. 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 filed | TORKELSON CHEESE COMPANY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TORKELSON CHEESE COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | IL0026735 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 16, 2017 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2022 |
| Address | Lena, IL 61048 |
| Receiving water | WADDAMS CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| SIC | 2022 – Cheese, Natural And Processed |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source IL000177030AAK |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 187 | 187 | March 31, 2009 | 64,900% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 107 | 107 | December 31, 2018 | 15,500% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 10 | 72 | 66 | July 31, 2021 | 1,500% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 6 | 5 | July 31, 2021 | 162% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 6 | 4 | August 31, 2010 | |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2017 | 31% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IL0026735.
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.