Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0045144
FOX LAKE-TALL OAKS STP, VILLAGE OF, Fox Lake, IL: NPDES IL0045144 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FOX LAKE-TALL OAKS STP, VILLAGE OF, held by FOX LAKE, VILLAGE OF, holds NPDES permit IL0045144, which discharges to Unnamed Trib To Dunns Lake. EPA’s file records it issued January 4, 2013 and expiring December 31, 2017. 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 | FOX LAKE-TALL OAKS STP, VILLAGE OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FOX LAKE, VILLAGE OF |
| NPDES ID | IL0045144 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 4, 2013 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2017 |
| Address | Fox Lake, IL 60020 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED TRIB TO DUNNS LAKE |
| Subwatershed | Nippersink Lake-Fox River (HUC 071200061009) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW |
| 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
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 25 | 9 | May 31, 2018 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 54 | 37 | 7 | January 31, 2011 | 222% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 7 | 4 | August 31, 2020 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 19 | 3 | September 30, 2007 | 47% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 7 | 1 | August 31, 2003 | 21,900% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 4 | 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 IL0045144.
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.