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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0079065

CORTLAND STP, TOWN OF, Cortland, Township Of, IL: NPDES IL0079065 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CORTLAND STP, TOWN OF, held by CORTLAND, TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit IL0079065, which discharges to Union Ditch #1. EPA’s file records it issued January 27, 2021 and expiring January 31, 2026. 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 filedCORTLAND STP, TOWN OF
Permittee as filedCORTLAND, TOWN OF
NPDES IDIL0079065
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 27, 2021
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2026
AddressCortland, Township Of, IL 60112
Receiving waterUNION DITCH #1
SubwatershedUnion Ditch No. 3 (HUC 070900060503)
SIC4952 – Sewerage 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

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
Phosphorus, total [as P]2177161February 28, 2026260% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]16180134April 30, 2025788% over the limit
Solids, total suspended66121August 31, 2024175% over the limit
pH2259October 31, 2017
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]4353July 31, 202310% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4340
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]5230
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C280
Chlorine, total residual180
Coliform, fecal general180

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 IL0079065.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act NPDES permit IL0079065 held by CORTLAND, TOWN OF for the CORTLAND STP, TOWN OF facility in Cortland, IL, which discharges to UNION DITCH #1 within the Union Ditch No. 3 subwatershed (HUC 070900060503). The page lists 5 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit shown as administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger.