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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0076627

ZEKELMAN INDUSTRIES INC - ATLAS TUBE DIVISION, Chicago, IL: NPDES IL0076627 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ZEKELMAN INDUSTRIES INC - ATLAS TUBE DIVISION holds NPDES permit IL0076627, which discharges to Unnamed Tributary To Lake Calumet. EPA’s file records it issued January 17, 2018 and expiring January 31, 2023. 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 filedZEKELMAN INDUSTRIES INC - ATLAS TUBE DIVISION
Permittee as filedZEKELMAN INDUSTRIES INC - ATLAS TUBE DIVISION
NPDES IDIL0076627
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
IssuedJanuary 17, 2018
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2023
AddressChicago, IL 60633
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO LAKE CALUMET
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SIC3317 – Steel Pipe And Tubes
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ILD051091668; ICIS-AIR source IL000031600CFW

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same 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
Solids, total suspended23521April 30, 202133,767% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual1157October 31, 2020940% over the limit
pH2184December 31, 2017
Solids, total dissolved041December 31, 201055% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2100
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit370

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 IL0076627.

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.

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