Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0036340
MWRDGC-JOHN E. EGAN WRP, Chicago, IL: NPDES IL0036340 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 30Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MWRDGC-JOHN E. EGAN WRP, held by METRO WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO, holds NPDES permit IL0036340, which discharges to Salt Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 26, 2007 and expiring August 31, 2012. 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 | MWRDGC-JOHN E. EGAN WRP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | METRO WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO |
| NPDES ID | IL0036340 |
| 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 | July 26, 2007 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2012 |
| Address | Chicago, IL 60193 |
| Receiving water | SALT CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper Salt Creek (HUC 071200040401) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILD000870857; ICIS-AIR source IL000031820AAC |
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
- 33Pollutants on file
- 30Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 | 8 | 5 | August 31, 2013 | 400% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 12 | 4 | June 30, 2012 | 133% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 50 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 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 IL0036340.
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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