Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0079600
THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY, Chicago, IL: NPDES IL0079600 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY holds NPDES permit IL0079600, which discharges to Unnamed Trib To Lake Calumet. EPA’s file records it issued April 22, 2020 and expiring April 30, 2025. 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 | THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | IL0079600 |
| 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 | April 22, 2020 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2025 |
| Address | Chicago, IL 60628 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED TRIB TO LAKE CALUMET |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Calumet River-Frontal Lake Michigan (HUC 040400010603) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILD981091291 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 19 | 9 | May 31, 2019 | 563% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 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 IL0079600.
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.