Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0071790
BLUFF CITY MINERALS INC, Alton, IL: NPDES IL0071790 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 3Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BLUFF CITY MINERALS INC, held by BLUFF CITY MINERALS INC-ALTON, holds NPDES permit IL0071790, which discharges to Unnamed Trib To Wood River. EPA’s file records it issued March 31, 1997 and expiring March 31, 2002. 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 | BLUFF CITY MINERALS INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BLUFF CITY MINERALS INC-ALTON |
| NPDES ID | IL0071790 |
| 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 | March 31, 1997 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2002 |
| Address | Alton, IL 62002 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED TRIB TO WOOD RIVER |
| Subwatershed | West Fork Wood River (HUC 071100090303) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILR000047027 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 4Pollutants on file
- 3Under a numeric limit
- 4With 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 | 2 | 42 | 2 | April 30, 2009 | 80% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Offensive Conditions | 0 | 5 | 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 IL0071790.
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.