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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0075507

PERU STP #2, CITY OF, Peru, IL: NPDES IL0075507 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PERU STP #2, CITY OF, held by PERU, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit IL0075507, which discharges to Illinois River. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2016 and expiring September 30, 2021. 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 filedPERU STP #2, CITY OF
Permittee as filedPERU, CITY OF
NPDES IDIL0075507
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 30, 2016
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2021
AddressPeru, IL 61354
Receiving waterILLINOIS RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedDepue Lake-Illinois River (HUC 071300010804)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
SIC4952 – 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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Coliform, fecal general23231June 30, 202299,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended92712September 30, 201281% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]12104June 30, 2022103% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]8120
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant6120
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]1460
Copper, total [as Cu]1460
pH460
Chlorine, total residual250
Oil & Grease240
Cyanide, total [as CN]240
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]240
Fluoride, total [as F]240
Arsenic, total [as As]240
Barium, total [as Ba]240
Beryllium, total [as Be]240
Cadmium, total [as Cd]240
Chromium, total [as Cr]240
Iron, total [as Fe]240
Iron, dissolved [as Fe]240
Lead, total [as Pb]240
Manganese, total [as Mn]240
Thallium, total [as Tl]240
Nickel, total [as Ni]240
Silver, total [as Ag]240
Zinc, total [as Zn]240
Antimony, total [as Sb]240
Selenium, total [as Se]240
Phenolics, total recoverable240
Mercury, total [as Hg]240
Nitrogen, total [as N]230
Phosphorus, total [as P]230
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C130
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]200

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IL0075507.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act NPDES discharge permit IL0075507 held by PERU, CITY OF for PERU STP #2, CITY OF in Peru, IL, which discharges to the ILLINOIS RIVER and sits in the Depue Lake-Illinois River watershed (HUC 071300010804). The listed figures are 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the permit's status is administratively continued after its September 30, 2021 expiration date.