Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0072320
SIUC PHYSICAL PLANT, Carbondale, IL: NPDES IL0072320 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SIUC PHYSICAL PLANT, held by SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AT CARBONDALE, holds NPDES permit IL0072320, which discharges to Unnamed Tributary To Piles Fork Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 14, 2020 and expiring May 31, 2025. 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 | SIUC PHYSICAL PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AT CARBONDALE |
| NPDES ID | IL0072320 |
| 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 14, 2020 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2025 |
| Address | Carbondale, IL 62901 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO PILES FORK CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little Crab Orchard Creek-Crab Orchard Creek (HUC 071401060809) |
| SIC | 4961 – Steam And Air-Conditioning Supply |
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
- 11Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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 | 3 | 31 | 2 | January 31, 2023 | 407% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 22 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 3 | 18 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 4 | 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 IL0072320.
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.