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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0046213

EAST PEORIA STP #3, East Peoria, IL: NPDES IL0046213 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EAST PEORIA STP #3, held by EAST PEORIA, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit IL0046213, which discharges to Illinois River. EPA’s file records it issued June 10, 2016 and expiring May 31, 2021. 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 filedEAST PEORIA STP #3
Permittee as filedEAST PEORIA, CITY OF
NPDES IDIL0046213
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 10, 2016
Expiration dateMay 31, 2021
AddressEast Peoria, IL 61611
Receiving waterILLINOIS RIVER
SubwatershedTenmile Creek-Illinois River (HUC 071300011705)
Program components on fileBiosolids, POTW
SIC4952 – 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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended87653April 30, 2020573% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general21712September 30, 201799,999% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]123611October 31, 2018203% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]4253April 30, 200925% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual4152April 30, 2009144% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]011April 30, 200912% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]101560
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4100
pH490
Nitrogen, total [as N]160
Phosphorus, total [as P]160
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C400
Oil & Grease200
Cyanide, total [as CN]200
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]200
Fluoride, total [as F]200
Arsenic, total [as As]200
Barium, total [as Ba]200
Cadmium, total [as Cd]200
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]200
Chromium, total [as Cr]200
Iron, total [as Fe]200
Iron, dissolved [as Fe]200
Lead, total [as Pb]200
Manganese, total [as Mn]200
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Silver, total [as Ag]200
Zinc, total [as Zn]200
Selenium, total [as Se]200
Phenolics, total recoverable200
Mercury, total [as Hg]200
Flow, total200

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
December 17, 2025Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IL0046213 for East Peoria STP #3, held by East Peoria, City of, which discharges to the Illinois River; the permit is listed as administratively continued. The page lists 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it classes the facility as a Major Discharger.