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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0080004

NORTHERN WHITE SAND LLC MINE, North Utica, IL: NPDES IL0080004 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NORTHERN WHITE SAND LLC MINE, held by NORTHERN WHITE SAND, LLC, holds NPDES permit IL0080004, which discharges to Unnamed Trib To Illinois River. EPA’s file records it issued June 11, 2014 and expiring May 31, 2019. 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 filedNORTHERN WHITE SAND LLC MINE
Permittee as filedNORTHERN WHITE SAND, LLC
NPDES IDIL0080004
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 11, 2014
Expiration dateMay 31, 2019
AddressNorth Utica, IL 61373
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIB TO ILLINOIS RIVER
SubwatershedLa Salle Canyon-Illinois River (HUC 071300010203)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
pH4131September 30, 2025
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]4120
Acidity, total [as CaCO3]4120
Solids, total suspended4120
Iron, total [as Fe]4100
Manganese, total [as Mn]4100
Sulfate [as S]260
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]260
Chloride [as Cl]260
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant260
Offensive Conditions260
Oil & Grease240
Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable240
Cyanide, total [as CN]240
Fluoride, total [as F]240
Arsenic, total [as As]240
Barium, total [as Ba]240
Cadmium, total [as Cd]240
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]240
Chromium, total [as Cr]240
Copper, total [as Cu]240
Iron, dissolved [as Fe]240
Lead, total [as Pb]240
Nickel, total [as Ni]240
Silver, total [as Ag]240
Zinc, total [as Zn]240
Selenium, total [as Se]240
Phenolics, total recoverable240
Mercury, total [as Hg]240

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 IL0080004.

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.

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