Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0067156
BISMARCK COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DIST 1 STP, Bismarck, IL: NPDES IL0067156 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BISMARCK COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DIST 1 STP, held by BISMARCK COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DIST 1, holds NPDES permit IL0067156, which discharges to Unnamed Trib Of Painter Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 20, 2018 and expiring September 30, 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 | BISMARCK COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DIST 1 STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BISMARCK COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DIST 1 |
| NPDES ID | IL0067156 |
| 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 |
| Program | Biosolids |
| Issued | September 20, 2018 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2023 |
| Address | Bismarck, IL 61814 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED TRIB OF PAINTER CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Painter Creek-North Fork Vermilion River (HUC 051201090805) |
| SIC | 8211 – Elementary And Secondary Schools |
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
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 20 | 152 | 152 | May 31, 2025 | 12,400% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 38 | 36 | May 31, 2025 | 483% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 24 | 23 | September 30, 2021 | 33% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 8 | 8 | January 31, 2026 | 140% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 1 | April 30, 2019 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 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 IL0067156.
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.