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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ILL026514

ROCK FALLS STP, CITY OF, Rock Falls, IL: NPDES ILL026514 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ROCK FALLS STP, CITY OF, held by ROCK FALLS, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit ILL026514. 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 (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedROCK FALLS STP, CITY OF
Permittee as filedROCK FALLS, CITY OF
NPDES IDILL026514
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
AddressRock Falls, IL 61071
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedSpring Slough-Rock River (HUC 070900051001)

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
Arsenic, dry weight030
Selenium, dry weight030
Copper, dry weight030
Cadmium, dry weight030
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]030
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]030
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]030
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]030
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]020
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method010
Annual amt of sludge incinerated010
Annual sludge production, total010
Annual amount of sludge land applied010
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit010
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill010
Annual amt sludge transported interstate010
Pollutant table from 503.13010
Level of pathogen requirements achieved010
Description of pathogen option used010
Vector attraction reduction alternative used010

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ILL026514.

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 ILL026514.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ILL026514.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES ILL026514.

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.

What this page shows

Whiteside County has 3 biosolids permits on EPA's NPDES register, counting ROCK FALLS STP, CITY OF. The Spring Slough-Rock River subwatershed holds 19 NPDES permits, including this permit.