Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0056499
TRAVEL CENTERS OF AMERICA, Mount Vernon, IL: NPDES IL0056499 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TRAVEL CENTERS OF AMERICA, held by TA OPERATING LLC, holds NPDES permit IL0056499, which discharges to Unnamed Trib Of The Big Muddy River. EPA’s file records it issued April 20, 2018 and expiring March 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.
Identity
| Facility as filed | TRAVEL CENTERS OF AMERICA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TA OPERATING LLC |
| NPDES ID | IL0056499 |
| 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 20, 2018 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2023 |
| Address | Mount Vernon, IL 62864 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED TRIB OF THE BIG MUDDY RIVER |
| SIC | 5541 – Gasoline Service Stations |
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
- 11Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 12 | 4 | November 30, 2013 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 10 | 4 | March 31, 2015 | 133% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Polyram | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 0 | 1 | 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 IL0056499.
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.