Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0062863
INDIANA HARBOR BELT RAILROAD, Riverdale, IL: NPDES IL0062863 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
INDIANA HARBOR BELT RAILROAD holds NPDES permit IL0062863, which discharges to Little Calumet River. EPA’s file records it issued March 30, 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 | INDIANA HARBOR BELT RAILROAD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | INDIANA HARBOR BELT RAILROAD |
| NPDES ID | IL0062863 |
| 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 | March 30, 2018 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2023 |
| Address | Riverdale, IL 60827 |
| Receiving water | LITTLE CALUMET RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little Calumet River (HUC 071200030405) |
| SIC | 4011 – Railroads, Line-Haul Operating |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILD984779918 |
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
- 28Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 28With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 59 | 57 | October 31, 2024 | 2,167% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 192 | 13 | September 30, 2011 | 467% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 2 | 200 | 10 | June 30, 2003 | 1,367% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 187 | 5 | March 31, 2002 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 188 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[ghi]perylene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Dibenz[a,h]anthracene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 3,4-Benzofluoranthene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Polyram | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 2 | 2 | 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 IL0062863.
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.