Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0075493
FREEPORT, CITY OF, Freeport, IL: NPDES IL0075493 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FREEPORT, CITY OF, held by Freeport Municipal Landfill No. 4, holds NPDES permit IL0075493, which discharges to Yellow Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 29, 2008 and expiring May 31, 2013. 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 | FREEPORT, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Freeport Municipal Landfill No. 4 |
| NPDES ID | IL0075493 |
| 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 29, 2008 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2013 |
| Address | Freeport, IL 61032 |
| Receiving water | Yellow Creek |
| Subwatershed | Grove Creek (HUC 070900031305) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
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
- 28Pollutants on file
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 28With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 14 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES IL0075493.
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 IL0075493.
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.