Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0055824

ALPENA VISION RESOURCES LLC, Sparta, IL: NPDES IL0055824 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
12Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

ALPENA VISION RESOURCES LLC, held by LCC ILLINOIS LLC-SPARTAN MINE, holds NPDES permit IL0055824, which discharges to Mary'S River. EPA’s file records it issued April 26, 1996 and expiring February 28, 2001. 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	ALPENA VISION RESOURCES LLC
Permittee as filed	LCC ILLINOIS LLC-SPARTAN MINE
NPDES ID	IL0055824
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	April 26, 1996
Expiration date	February 28, 2001
Address	Sparta, IL 62286
Receiving water	MARY'S RIVER
Subwatershed	Town of Tilden-Plum Creek (HUC 071402040701)
SIC	1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface

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

12Pollutants on file
12Under a numeric limit
6With a violation of any kind
6With 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
Manganese, total [as Mn]	3	19	19	March 31, 2016	279% over the limit
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	6	10	10	March 31, 2016	68% over the limit
pH	10	4	4	June 30, 2014
Iron, total [as Fe]	6	2	2	February 29, 2012	36% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	11	1	1	August 31, 2014	40% over the limit
Chloride [as Cl]	6	1	1	February 28, 2016	10% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	6	0	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	5	0	0
Chlorine, total residual	3	0	0
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]	2	0	0
Acidity, total [as CaCO3]	2	0	0
Solids, settleable	2	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 IL0055824.

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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IL0055824, held by ALPENA VISION RESOURCES LLC in Sparta, IL, with the permit status shown as administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The page lists 12 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.