Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0066435
ABBOTT LABORATORIES, North Chicago, IL: NPDES IL0066435 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ABBOTT LABORATORIES holds NPDES permit IL0066435, which discharges to Middle Fork North Branch Chicago Rvr. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2019 and expiring September 30, 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.
Identity
| Facility as filed | ABBOTT LABORATORIES |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ABBOTT LABORATORIES |
| NPDES ID | IL0066435 |
| 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 | September 30, 2019 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2024 |
| Address | North Chicago, IL 60064 |
| Receiving water | MIDDLE FORK NORTH BRANCH CHICAGO RVR |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper North Branch Chicago River (HUC 071200030102) |
| SIC | 2834 – Pharmaceutical Preparations |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILT180010001 |
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
- 6Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 38 | 38 | March 31, 2026 | 780% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 0 | 13 | 13 | March 31, 2008 | 92% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 10 | 10 | August 31, 2024 | 115% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 5 | 3 | January 31, 2011 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 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 IL0066435.
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.