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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0075639

UPPER ROCK ISLAND COUNTY LANDFILL, East Moline, IL: NPDES IL0075639 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

UPPER ROCK ISLAND COUNTY LANDFILL, held by UPPER ROCK ISLAND COUNTY LANDFILL INC, holds NPDES permit IL0075639, which discharges to Unnamed Trib Of Rock River. EPA’s file records it issued June 19, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2024. 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 filedUPPER ROCK ISLAND COUNTY LANDFILL
Permittee as filedUPPER ROCK ISLAND COUNTY LANDFILL INC
NPDES IDIL0075639
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 19, 2019
Expiration dateJune 30, 2024
AddressEast Moline, IL 61244
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIB OF ROCK RIVER
SubwatershedCanoe Creek-Rock River (HUC 070900051104)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ILR000198747; ICIS-AIR source IL000161025ABU

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
Mercury, total [as Hg]831August 31, 2025184% over the limit
Iron, dissolved [as Fe]811June 30, 202610% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]011July 31, 2025193% over the limit
pH8200
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C8120
Solids, total suspended8120
Oil & Grease8120
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]8120
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]8120
Chloride [as Cl]8120
Sulfate, total [as SO4]8120
Fluoride, total [as F]8120
Barium, total [as Ba]8120
Boron, total [as B]8120
Cadmium, total [as Cd]8120
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]8120
Chromium, trivalent [as Cr]8120
Copper, total [as Cu]8120
Iron, total [as Fe]8120
Nickel, total [as Ni]8120
Zinc, total [as Zn]8120
Phenolics, total recoverable8120
Solids, total dissolved8120
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit460
Arsenic, total [as As]060
Lead, total [as Pb]060
Manganese, total [as Mn]060
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant400

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 IL0075639.

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.

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