Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0030015
MORTON SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT NO 2, Morton, IL: NPDES IL0030015 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 35Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MORTON SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT NO 2, held by MORTON, VILLAGE OF, holds NPDES permit IL0030015, which discharges to Prairie Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 30, 2015 and expiring June 30, 2020. 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 | MORTON SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT NO 2 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MORTON, VILLAGE OF |
| NPDES ID | IL0030015 |
| 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 | June 30, 2015 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2020 |
| Address | Morton, IL 61550 |
| Receiving water | PRAIRIE CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Prairie Creek (HUC 071300040801) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, CSO, POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 40Pollutants on file
- 35Under a numeric limit
- 40With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 6 | 150 | 124 | January 31, 2018 | 1,228% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 97 | 50 | January 31, 2016 | 225% over the limit |
| Atrazine | 4 | 44 | 26 | February 28, 2026 | 5,262% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 3 | 17 | 6 | April 30, 2017 | 2,400% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 32 | 4 | January 31, 2016 | 100% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 6 | 22 | 4 | June 30, 2016 | 52% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 17 | 47 | 1 | July 31, 2014 | 4% over the limit |
| Peracetic Acid | 2 | 19 | 1 | May 31, 2017 | 186% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alachlor | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Metolachlor | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Glyphosate, total | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 0 | 1 | 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 IL0030015.
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.