Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0000094
EMPIRE IRON MINING PARTNERSHIP, Palmer, MI: NPDES MI0000094 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
EMPIRE IRON MINING PARTNERSHIP, held by Empire Iron Mining Partnership, holds NPDES permit MI0000094, which discharges to Green Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 30, 2011 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 filed | EMPIRE IRON MINING PARTNERSHIP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Empire Iron Mining Partnership |
| NPDES ID | MI0000094 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 30, 2011 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2016 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Palmer, MI 49871 |
| Receiving water | Green Creek |
| Subwatershed | Schweitzer Creek (HUC 040301100106) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MID080508914; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000B1827 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 4 | 69 | 10 | June 30, 2015 | 64% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 26 | 6 | July 31, 2012 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 13 | 1 | January 31, 2014 | 30% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 128 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, choice of species | 0 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Static 48 Hr Chronic Pimphales Promelas | 0 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 24 Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Strontium, total [as Sr] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 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 MI0000094.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MI0000094.
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 MI0000094.
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.