Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0048704
CF INDUSTRIES DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES LLC - COWDEN TERMINAL, Cowden, IL: NPDES IL0048704 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 3Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CF INDUSTRIES DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES LLC - COWDEN TERMINAL, held by CF INDUSTRIES SALES, LLC, holds NPDES permit IL0048704, which discharges to Kaskaskia River. EPA’s file records it issued December 18, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2023. 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.
What the register holds for CF INDUSTRIES DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES LLC - COWDEN TERMINAL: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Cowden, Illinois, its receiving water, and 3 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES IL0048704.
Identity
| Facility as filed | CF INDUSTRIES DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES LLC - COWDEN TERMINAL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CF INDUSTRIES SALES, LLC |
| NPDES ID | IL0048704 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 18, 2018 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2023 |
| Address | Cowden, IL 62422 |
| Receiving water | KASKASKIA RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Howe Creek-Kaskaskia River (HUC 071402011102) |
| SIC | 5191 – Farm Supplies |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILT180011405; ICIS-AIR source IL000173005AAE |
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
- 3Pollutants on file
- 3Under a numeric limit
- 0With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES IL0048704.
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 IL0048704.
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.