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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0080047

US SILICA - UTICA, La Salle, IL: NPDES IL0080047 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

US SILICA - UTICA, held by UTICA SILICA LLC, holds NPDES permit IL0080047, which discharges to Pecumsaugan Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 12, 2014 and expiring November 30, 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 filedUS SILICA - UTICA
Permittee as filedUTICA SILICA LLC
NPDES IDIL0080047
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
IssuedDecember 12, 2014
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2019
AddressLa Salle, IL 61301
Receiving waterPECUMSAUGAN CREEK
SubwatershedPecumsaugan Creek (HUC 071300010202)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ILR000190082; ICIS-AIR source IL000099802AAE

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
Nickel, total [as Ni]110
pH200
Solids, total suspended200
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]100
Copper, total [as Cu]100
Iron, total [as Fe]100
Zinc, total [as Zn]100
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant100
Offensive Conditions100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES IL0080047.

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 IL0080047.

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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