Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0031216
SPRING VALLEY STP, CITY OF, Spring Valley, IL: NPDES IL0031216 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 31Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SPRING VALLEY STP, CITY OF, held by SPRING VALLEY, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit IL0031216, which discharges to Illinois River. EPA’s file records it issued October 31, 2019 and expiring October 31, 2024. 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 | SPRING VALLEY STP, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SPRING VALLEY, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | IL0031216 |
| 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 | October 31, 2019 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2024 |
| Address | Spring Valley, IL 61362 |
| Receiving water | ILLINOIS RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Spring Creek (HUC 071300010802) |
| 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
- 33Pollutants on file
- 31Under a numeric limit
- 32With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 | 5 | 56 | 37 | September 30, 2016 | 122% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 29 | 25 | May 31, 2014 | 367% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 21 | 8 | February 29, 2012 | 236% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 9 | 7 | July 31, 2015 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 8 | 1 | September 30, 2008 | 87% over the limit |
| Flow | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 8 | 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 IL0031216.
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.