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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ILG620216

JOEL MERRILL PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM, Oswego, IL: NPDES ILG620216 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

JOEL MERRILL PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM, held by JOE MERRILL, holds NPDES permit ILG620216, which discharges to Unnamed Tributary Of Morgan Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 3, 2021 and expiring September 30, 2025. 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 filedJOEL MERRILL PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
Permittee as filedJOE MERRILL
NPDES IDILG620216
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 3, 2021
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2025
AddressOswego, IL 60543
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF MORGAN CREEK

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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2100
pH2100
Solids, total suspended2100
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]150
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant150
Chlorine, total residual150
Coliform, fecal general150

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ILG620216.

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 ILG620216.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ILG620216, held by JOE MERRILL for JOEL MERRILL PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM in Oswego, IL, which discharges to UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF MORGAN CREEK. The permit is listed as administratively continued, a Minor discharger class, with 7 pollutants on file, 7 under a numeric limit, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.