Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0078271
BAY VALLEY FOODS LLC, Mendota, IL: NPDES IL0078271 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BAY VALLEY FOODS LLC, held by BAY VALLEY FOODS-MENDOTA PLNT, holds NPDES permit IL0078271, which discharges to Little Vermilion River. EPA’s file records it issued January 10, 2007 and expiring December 31, 2011. 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 | BAY VALLEY FOODS LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BAY VALLEY FOODS-MENDOTA PLNT |
| NPDES ID | IL0078271 |
| 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 | January 10, 2007 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2011 |
| Address | Mendota, IL 61342 |
| Receiving water | LITTLE VERMILION RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Mendota Creek-Little Vermilion River (HUC 071300010301) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILR000145755 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 8 | 4 | February 28, 2010 | 180% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 5 | 1 | December 31, 2012 | |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 5 | 1 | April 30, 2007 | 4% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 2 | 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 IL0078271.
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.