Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0079260
KNIGHT HAWK COAL LLC, Sparta, IL: NPDES IL0079260 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KNIGHT HAWK COAL LLC holds NPDES permit IL0079260, which discharges to Unnamed Trib Of Little Marys River. EPA’s file records it issued June 9, 2016 and expiring May 31, 2021. 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 filed | KNIGHT HAWK COAL LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | KNIGHT HAWK COAL LLC |
| NPDES ID | IL0079260 |
| 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 | June 9, 2016 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2021 |
| Address | Sparta, IL 62286 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED TRIB OF LITTLE MARYS RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Weldge Creek-Little Marys River (HUC 071401050203) |
| SIC | 5052 – Coal And Other Minerals And Ores |
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
- 24Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 4 | 8 | 8 | February 28, 2022 | 1,423% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2022 | 137% over the limit |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2021 | 90% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2024 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acidity, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 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 IL0079260.
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.