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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0000027

BILLERUD ESCANABA LLC, Escanaba, MI: NPDES MI0000027 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BILLERUD ESCANABA LLC, held by Escanaba Paper Company, New Page Pulp and Paper Mill, holds NPDES permit MI0000027, which discharges to Escanaba River. EPA’s file records it issued September 25, 2013 and expiring October 1, 2016. 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 filedBILLERUD ESCANABA LLC
Permittee as filedEscanaba Paper Company, New Page Pulp and Paper Mill
NPDES IDMI0000027
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 25, 2013
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2016
Issuing agencyState
AddressEscanaba, MI 49829
Receiving waterEscanaba River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MID030179782; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000A0884

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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C6285August 31, 2020628% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general2171August 31, 200665% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant9640
Mercury, total [as Hg]6570
Adsorbable organic halides [AOX]2340
Cyanide [A]6220
2,3,7,8-TCDD TEC2200
Solids, total suspended4180
Phosphorus, total [as P]2180
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response2170
pH2160
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2160
Chloroform2160
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit11140
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin190
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran190
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol180
Tetrachloroguaiacol180
Trichlorosyringol180
Chlorobenzene080
Pentachlorophenol170
3,4,6-Trichloroguaiacol170
3,4,5-Trichloroguaiacol170
3,4,5-Trichlorocatechol170
Tetrachlorocatechol170
2,4,5-Trichlorophenol170
3,4,6-Trichlorocatechol070
4,5,6-Trichloroguaiacol070
2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol160
Flow rate060
Toxicity, choice of species040
Static 48 Hr Chronic Pimphales Promelas040
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia130
Chloride [as Cl]020
Sulfate, total [as SO4]020
TU Static 24 Hr Acute Pimephales promelas020
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia110
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]010
1,2,3,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin010
1,2,3,4,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin010
1,2,3,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin010
1,2,3,7,8,9-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin010
1,2,3,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzofuran010
2,3,4,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzofuran010
1,2,3,4,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran010
1,2,3,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran010
1,2,3,7,8,9-Hexachlorodibenzofuran010
2,3,4,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran010
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-Heptachlorodibenzofuran010
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-Heptachlorodibenzofuran010
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-Heptachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin010
1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-Octachlorodibenzofuran010
Octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin010
Operation of turbines100
3,4,6-Trichlorocatechol100
4,5,6-Trichloroguaiacol100

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
March 21, 2025Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
February 12, 2024Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
September 23, 2020Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
August 9, 2020Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
July 4, 2019Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MI0000027.

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 MI0000027.

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 discharge permit NPDES MI0000027, held by BILLERUD ESCANABA LLC at Escanaba, MI, which is administratively continued and classed as a Major Discharger. The page lists 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued September 25, 2013 and expiring October 1, 2016.