Springfield septage hauler bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Springfield's Office of Public Works requires anyone hauling or discharging domestic septage as special waste into the city's sewer system to file a $5,000 surety bond before discharge is permitted. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Springfield septage hauler bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A septage discharger bond is about the simplest filing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Discharger bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Springfield's Office of Public Works alongside your discharge permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Domestic septage — the material pumped from a septic tank or holding tank — can only enter Springfield's sanitary sewer system at a point and in a manner the City's Office of Public Works allows. Before it will permit a hauler to discharge septage into the city system, the City conditions that permission on a $5,000 surety bond.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Springfield (the obligee), with the City's sewer system and treatment process as the protected interest. If a hauler discharges septage in a way that violates the City's discharge terms and causes damage or a cleanup cost, the City can recover against the bond up to the $5,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. This city discharge bond is separate from any Illinois EPA special-waste transporter permit a hauler also needs to move septage on public roads — the two run in parallel and both should stay current.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $5,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the City. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Springfield's Office of Public Works alongside your discharge permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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Clear your Springfield discharge permit today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.