Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0073741
MPEA ENERGY CENTER, Chicago, IL: NPDES IL0073741 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 2Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MPEA ENERGY CENTER, held by METROPOLITAN PIER AND EXPOSITION AUTHORITY, holds NPDES permit IL0073741, which discharges to Lake Michigan. EPA’s file records it issued March 12, 2013 and expiring March 31, 2018. 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 | MPEA ENERGY CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | METROPOLITAN PIER AND EXPOSITION AUTHORITY |
| NPDES ID | IL0073741 |
| 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 12, 2013 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2018 |
| Address | Chicago, IL 60616 |
| Receiving water | LAKE MICHIGAN |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Oakwoods Cemetery-Frontal Lake Michigan (HUC 040400020503) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILR000035980; ICIS-AIR source IL000031600FVB |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 2Pollutants on file
- 2Under a numeric limit
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 8 | 109 | 10 | May 31, 2016 | 33% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 198 | 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 IL0073741.
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.