Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0072940
ILLINOIS COAL RECOVERY LLC, Sesser, IL: NPDES IL0072940 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ILLINOIS COAL RECOVERY LLC, held by ILLINOIS RESOURCES, INC, holds NPDES permit IL0072940, which discharges to Jackie Branch - Rend Lake. EPA’s file records it issued January 11, 1999 and expiring September 30, 2003. 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 | ILLINOIS COAL RECOVERY LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ILLINOIS RESOURCES, INC |
| NPDES ID | IL0072940 |
| 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 | January 11, 1999 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2003 |
| Address | Sesser, IL 62884 |
| Receiving water | JACKIE BRANCH - REND LAKE |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Ward Branch-Rend Lake (HUC 071401060303) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 6 | 6 | April 30, 2026 | 43% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 5 | 5 | August 31, 2014 | 31% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 2 | 2 | October 31, 2012 | |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 3 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2018 | 13% over the limit |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acidity, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 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 IL0072940.
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.