Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0029874
METROPOLIS STP, CITY OF, Metropolis, IL: NPDES IL0029874 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 33Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
METROPOLIS STP, CITY OF, held by METROPOLIS, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit IL0029874, which discharges to Kidd Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 8, 2015 and expiring April 30, 2020. 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 | METROPOLIS STP, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | METROPOLIS, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | IL0029874 |
| 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 | May 8, 2015 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2020 |
| Address | Metropolis, IL 62960 |
| Receiving water | KIDD CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bayou Creek-Ohio River (HUC 051402060701) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 33Pollutants on file
- 33Under a numeric limit
- 29With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 59 | 59 | January 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 23 | 6 | January 31, 2006 | 51% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 14 | 6 | September 30, 2006 | 63% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 7 | 2 | February 28, 2009 | 12% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 1 | July 31, 2003 | |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 3 | 1 | January 31, 2008 | 214% over the limit |
| Flow | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IL0029874.
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.