Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0064548
BIRK PIT #2, Elco, IL: NPDES IL0064548 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BIRK PIT #2, held by COVIA SPECIALTY MATERIALS INC, holds NPDES permit IL0064548, which discharges to Unnamed Trib Of Sandy Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 30, 2019 and expiring May 31, 2024. 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 BIRK PIT #2: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Elco, Illinois, its receiving water, and 7 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES IL0064548.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BIRK PIT #2 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | COVIA SPECIALTY MATERIALS INC |
| NPDES ID | IL0064548 |
| 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 | May 30, 2019 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2024 |
| Address | Elco, IL 62988 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED TRIB OF SANDY CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Sandy Creek (HUC 071401080203) |
| SIC | 1446 – Industrial Sand |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILD984874156 |
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
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate [as S] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Offensive Conditions | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES IL0064548.
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 IL0064548.
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.