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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0055506

PERE MARQUETTE STATE PARK - STP, Grafton, IL: NPDES IL0055506 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PERE MARQUETTE STATE PARK - STP, held by ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, holds NPDES permit IL0055506, which discharges to Illinois River. EPA’s file records it issued September 12, 2016 and expiring September 30, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedPERE MARQUETTE STATE PARK - STP
Permittee as filedILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
NPDES IDIL0055506
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 12, 2016
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2021
AddressGrafton, IL 62037
Receiving waterILLINOIS RIVER
SubwatershedPossum Creek-Illinois River (HUC 071300111006)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ILR000103804

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
Coliform, fecal general17260July 31, 202599,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended512830June 30, 200897% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]410321September 30, 2013164% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual24314October 31, 202597,700% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4920
pH2400
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C1200
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IL0055506.

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 the NPDES discharge permit IL0055506 for Pere Marquette State Park - STP in Grafton, IL, held by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, which discharges to the Illinois River and is administratively continued. The page lists 4 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue and expiration dates as they stood in EPA's file when loaded.