Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0078867
GREEN PLAINS MADISON LLC, Madison, IL: NPDES IL0078867 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GREEN PLAINS MADISON LLC, held by GREEN PLAINS MADISON, LLC, holds NPDES permit IL0078867, which discharges to Mississippi River. EPA’s file records it issued October 15, 2015 and expiring October 31, 2020. 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 | GREEN PLAINS MADISON LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GREEN PLAINS MADISON, LLC |
| NPDES ID | IL0078867 |
| 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 | October 15, 2015 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2020 |
| Address | Madison, IL 62060 |
| Receiving water | MISSISSIPPI RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Maline Creek-Mississippi River (HUC 071401010401) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILR000161521; ICIS-AIR source IL000119465AAG |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 92 | 90 | September 30, 2024 | 1,609% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 28 | 22 | July 31, 2025 | 703% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 6 | 14 | 9 | March 31, 2023 | 33% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 9 | 7 | February 28, 2023 | 96,054% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 7 | 3 | April 30, 2015 | 1,067% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2010 | 48% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 3 | 2 | March 31, 2010 | 3,200% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 1 | February 28, 2011 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 1 | 1 | 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 IL0078867.
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.