Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0275956
TRANS WESTERN POLYMERS, Lare Forest, IL: NPDES PA0275956 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 3Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TRANS WESTERN POLYMERS, held by TRANS WESTERN POLYMERS INC, holds NPDES permit PA0275956, which discharges to Unt To Nesquehoning Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 29, 2017 and expiring August 31, 2022. 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 filed | TRANS WESTERN POLYMERS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TRANS WESTERN POLYMERS INC |
| NPDES ID | PA0275956 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 29, 2017 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Lare Forest, IL 60045 |
| Receiving water | UNT To Nesquehoning Creek |
| Subwatershed | Nesquehoning Creek (HUC 020401060308) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler PAR000554709 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 3Pollutants on file
- 3Under a numeric limit
- 1With a violation of any kind
- 1With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2020 | 143% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES PA0275956.
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.