EPA · discharge permits by state

Discharge permits in Michigan

3,396Current permits
142Major dischargers
933Individual permits

A major discharger is one EPA rates as significant on volume, toxicity or the water it reaches; the rest are minors. An individual permit is written for one operation, while general permit coverage applies a statewide permit to a site that qualifies for it.

This page gathers Michigan’s current permits three ways below — by the program they are issued under, by the city of the discharge, and by watershed. It names 4 programs, 294 cities and 502 watersheds. Each list says which set it covers.

Every permit’s record

Each of the 3,396 current permits in Michigan has a record page: the permittee, the receiving water, the status and dates, and its effluent limits and exceedances. Each city below lists its own; or every permit in Michigan, A to Z.

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By what is permitted in Michigan

By city

The 294 cities with the most permits. All 294 cities in Michigan with 3 or more permits are listed at every city in Michigan.

Watersheds inside Michigan 502

Every watershed with three or more permits in Michigan, most permits first.

All 502 watersheds in Michigan with 3 or more permits are named on one page at every watershed in Michigan.

Other states

Every state carrying three or more current permits, in alphabetical order.

Permits

Major dischargers first. Not every permit in Michigan is listed here.

Permit holder	NPDES ID	City	Program	Discharger	Receiving water
ADRIAN WWTP	MI0022152	ADRIAN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Raisin River South Branch
ALBION WWTP	MI0022161	ALBION	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Kalamazoo River
ALLEGAN WRRF	MI0020532	ALLEGAN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Kalamazoo River
ALLENDALE TWP WRRF	MI0057679	ALLENDALE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Ottawa Creek-Grand River
ALMA WWTP	MI0020265	ALMA	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Sugar Creek-Pine River
ALPENA WWTP	MI0022195	ALPENA	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Thunder Bay River
AMRIZE CEMENT INC - ALPENA	MI0001988	ALPENA		Major	Lake Huron
AMRIZE-PRESQUE ISLE	MI0003468	PRESQUE ISLE		Major	Lake Huron
ANN ARBOR MS4	MI0053856	ANN ARBOR	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	HURON,HONEY,ALLEN,TRAVER,MILLERCREK
ANN ARBOR WWTP	MI0022217	ANN ARBOR	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Huron River
BATTLE CREEK WWTP	MI0022276	BATTLE CREEK	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Harts Lake-Kalamazoo River
BEDFORD TWP WWTP	MI0020761	ERIE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Indian Creek
BELDING WWTP	MI0020851	BELDING	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Flat River
BENTON HARBOR-ST JOSEPH WWTP	MI0022322	SAINT JOSEPH	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	St. Joseph River
BIG RAPIDS WWTP	MI0022381	BIG RAPIDS	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Muskegon River
BILLERUD ESCANABA LLC	MI0000027	ESCANABA		Major	Escanaba River
BRIGHTON WWTP	MI0020877	BRIGHTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	South Ore Creek
BUCHANAN WWTP	MI0022489	BUCHANAN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	St. Joseph River
CADILLAC WWTP	MI0020257	CADILLAC	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Clam River
CARMEUSE LIME & STONE-ROGERS CITY	MI0004111	ROGERS CITY		Major	Swan River
CASS CITY WWTP	MI0022594	CASS CITY	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Cass River
CECO-J H CAMPBELL POWER PLT	MI0001422	WEST OLIVE		Major	Pigeon Lake
CHEBOYGAN WWTP	MI0020303	CHEBOYGAN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Cheboygan River
CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL CORPORATION-DEARBORN WORKS	MI0043524	DEARBORN		Major	Woodmere Cemetery-River Rouge
COLDWATER WRRF	MI0020117	COLDWATER	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	South Lake
COMMERCE TWP WWTP	MI0025071	COMMERCE TOWNSHIP	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Smith Drain-Upper River Rouge
COOPERSVILLE WWTP	MI0022730	COOPERSVILLE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Dear Creek
DECO-BELLE RIVER PLT	MI0038172	CHINA		Major	St. Clair River
DELHI TWP WWTP	MI0022781	HOLT	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Pawlowski Drain
DOWAGIAC WWTP	MI0022837	DOWAGIAC	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Dowagiac Creek
DTE RIVER ROUGE PLT	MI0001724	RIVER ROUGE		Major	Huntington Creek-Frontal Lake Erie
DTE-FERMI 3 POWER PLT	MI0058892	NEWPORT		Major
DTE-MONROE PLANT	MI0001848	MONROE		Major	Lake Erie
DTE-SIBLEY QUARRY	MI0001953	TRENTON		Major	Frank and Poet Drain
DTE-ST CLAIR PLANT	MI0001686	EAST CHINA,		Major	St Clair River
EAGLE MINE LLC-HUMBOLDT MILL	MI0058649	CHAMPION		Major	wetland
EAST LANSING WRRF	MI0022853	EAST LANSING	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Red Cedar River
EMPIRE IRON MINING PARTNERSHIP	MI0000094	PALMER		Major	Green Creek
ESCANABA WWTP	MI0025381	ESCANABA	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Lake Michigan
FEDERAL MOGUL CORP-GREENVILLE	MI0002836	GREENVILLE		Major	Flat River

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