Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0070173
WOOD RIVER AMMONIA TERMINAL, East Alton, IL: NPDES IL0070173 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WOOD RIVER AMMONIA TERMINAL, held by KOCH FERTILIZER LLC, holds NPDES permit IL0070173, which discharges to Old Wood River Ck Channel To Miss. 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 (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | WOOD RIVER AMMONIA TERMINAL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | KOCH FERTILIZER LLC |
| NPDES ID | IL0070173 |
| 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 | East Alton, IL 62024 |
| Receiving water | OLD WOOD RIVER CK CHANNEL TO MISS |
| Subwatershed | City of Woodriver-Mississippi River (HUC 071100090403) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILD984914218; ICIS-AIR source IL000119821AAI |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 | 5 | 3 | May 31, 2025 | 167% over the limit |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 4 | 2 | October 31, 2025 | 128% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate [as S] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 1 | 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 IL0070173.
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 September 15, 2026.