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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ILG103060

COOK COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPT, Chicago, IL: NPDES ILG103060 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

COOK COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPT holds NPDES permit ILG103060. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2022 and expiring May 31, 2027. 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.

What the register holds for COOK COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Chicago, Illinois. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES ILG103060.

Identity

Facility as filedCOOK COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPT
Permittee as filedCOOK COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPT
NPDES IDILG103060
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 29, 2022
Expiration dateMay 31, 2027
AddressChicago, IL 60602
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedSouth Branch Chicago River-Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (HUC 071200030107)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ILD984912477; ICIS-AIR source IL000031600GTS

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES ILG103060.

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 ILG103060.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

5.2% of the 96 general permit coverages in Cook County have a violation on file. COOK COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPT is counted among 70 NPDES permits in the South Branch Chicago River-Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal subwatershed, and 44.8% of the county's 96 coverages were issued before this one.