Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0068837
PALMYRA QUARRY, Dixon, IL: NPDES IL0068837 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PALMYRA QUARRY, held by TRI COUNTY QUARRIES-PALMYRA, holds NPDES permit IL0068837, which discharges to Sugar Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 22, 1996 and expiring July 31, 2001. 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 | PALMYRA QUARRY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TRI COUNTY QUARRIES-PALMYRA |
| NPDES ID | IL0068837 |
| 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 | July 22, 1996 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2001 |
| Address | Dixon, IL 61021 |
| Receiving water | SUGAR CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Sugar Creek (HUC 070900050707) |
| SIC | 1422 – Crushed And Broken Limestone |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source IL000103815AAD |
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
- 3Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 0 | 35 | 23 | July 31, 2004 | 1,043% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 6 | 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 IL0068837.
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.