Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0078727
HILLSBORO ENERGY LLC, Hillsboro, IL: NPDES IL0078727 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HILLSBORO ENERGY LLC, held by HILLSBORO ENERGY, L.L.C., holds NPDES permit IL0078727, which discharges to Shoal Creek Watershed Structure No. 5. EPA’s file records it issued May 29, 2009 and expiring April 30, 2014. 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 | HILLSBORO ENERGY LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HILLSBORO ENERGY, L.L.C. |
| NPDES ID | IL0078727 |
| 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 | May 29, 2009 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2014 |
| Address | Hillsboro, IL 62049 |
| Receiving water | SHOAL CREEK WATERSHED STRUCTURE NO. 5 |
| Subwatershed | Cress Creek-Middle Fork Shoal Creek (HUC 071402030204) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 14 | 176 | 24 | June 30, 2023 | 426% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 14 | 172 | 21 | November 30, 2024 | 290% over the limit |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 7 | 85 | 14 | June 30, 2025 | 61% over the limit |
| pH | 28 | 197 | 11 | May 31, 2019 | |
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 7 | 82 | 11 | March 31, 2024 | 29% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 5 | 52 | 6 | May 31, 2024 | 187% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 7 | 25 | 2 | June 30, 2019 | 300% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 14 | 146 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 10 | 115 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 7 | 69 | 0 | ||
| Acidity, total [as CaCO3] | 6 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, carbonate [as CaCO3] | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 7 | 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 IL0078727.
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.