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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ILL021989

SPRINGFIELD SD- SPRING CREEK, Springfield, IL: NPDES ILL021989 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SPRINGFIELD SD- SPRING CREEK, held by SPRINGFIELD SD SPRING CREEK, holds NPDES permit ILL021989. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2021 and expiring December 31, 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 filedSPRINGFIELD SD- SPRING CREEK
Permittee as filedSPRINGFIELD SD SPRING CREEK
NPDES IDILL021989
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeAssociated permit record
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramBiosolids
IssuedJanuary 1, 2021
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2025
AddressSpringfield, IL 62707
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedArcher Creek-Spring Creek (HUC 071300080203)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ILD021170170

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
Vector attraction reduction alternative used010

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ILL021989.

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 1, 2025PR: Biosolids - Surface Disposal: Vector Attraction Reduction Violation (001)EP6
September 1, 2023PR: Biosolids - Surface Disposal: Invalid Monitoring or Unrepresentative Sample Violation (001 - Nickel - Maximum)EP6
September 1, 2023PR: Biosolids - Surface Disposal: Invalid Monitoring or Unrepresentative Sample Violation (001 - Arsenic - Maximum)EP6
September 1, 2023PR: Biosolids - Surface Disposal: Invalid Monitoring or Unrepresentative Sample Violation (001 - Chromium - Maximum)EP6
March 1, 2023PR: Biosolids - Surface Disposal: Invalid Monitoring or Unrepresentative Sample Violation (001 - Nickel - Maximum)EP6
March 1, 2023PR: Biosolids - Surface Disposal: Invalid Monitoring or Unrepresentative Sample Violation (001 - Arsenic - Maximum)EP6
March 1, 2023PR: Biosolids - Surface Disposal: Invalid Monitoring or Unrepresentative Sample Violation (001 - Chromium - Maximum)EP6
January 1, 2023PR: Biosolids - Land Application: Vector Attraction Reduction Violation (001)EP6
January 1, 2023PR: Biosolids - Surface Disposal: Other Surface Disposal Requirement Violation (001)EP6
January 1, 2023PR: Biosolids - Surface Disposal: Vector Attraction Reduction Violation (001)EP6

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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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit ILL021989 for SPRINGFIELD SD- SPRING CREEK in Springfield, IL, held by SPRINGFIELD SD SPRING CREEK, with a status of administratively continued and a Minor discharger classification. The page lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue date of January 1, 2021 and expiration date of December 31, 2025 as EPA's file stood when Velarion loaded it on October 14, 2026.