Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0078646
DEKALB COUNTY LANDFILL, Dekalb, IL: NPDES IL0078646 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DEKALB COUNTY LANDFILL, held by WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ILLINOIS INC, holds NPDES permit IL0078646, which discharges to Union Ditch/Gurler Road Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued July 11, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2022. 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.
What the register holds for DEKALB COUNTY LANDFILL: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Dekalb, Illinois, its receiving water, and 28 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES IL0078646.
Identity
| Facility as filed | DEKALB COUNTY LANDFILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ILLINOIS INC |
| NPDES ID | IL0078646 |
| 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 | July 11, 2017 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2022 |
| Address | Dekalb, IL 60115 |
| Receiving water | UNION DITCH/GURLER ROAD DITCH |
| Subwatershed | Union Ditch No. 3 (HUC 070900060503) |
| SIC | 4953 – Refuse 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
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES IL0078646.
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 IL0078646.
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.