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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0002003

MICHIGAN SUGAR CO-SEBEWAING, Sebewaing, MI: NPDES MI0002003 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MICHIGAN SUGAR CO-SEBEWAING, held by Michigan Sugar Company, holds NPDES permit MI0002003. EPA’s file records it issued January 25, 2017 and expiring October 1, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedMICHIGAN SUGAR CO-SEBEWAING
Permittee as filedMichigan Sugar Company
NPDES IDMI0002003
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 25, 2017
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2022
Issuing agencyState
AddressSebewaing, MI 48759
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedGettel Drain-Frontal Lake Huron (HUC 040801030401)
NAICS311313 – Beet Sugar Manufacturing
SIC2063 – Beet Sugar
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MID985626795; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000B2873

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same 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
pH2224June 30, 2026
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]22184April 30, 202655% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general1113June 30, 2026110% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4320
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]12240
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2200
Phosphorus, total [as P]4170
Chlorine, total residual0100
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]190
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response190
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit100

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
September 23, 2025Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
September 23, 2025Failure to develop, maintain, or get approval of an adequate SWPPP (industrial stormwater)ST6
September 23, 2025Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
March 20, 2025Discharge from an industrial stormwater outfall to waters of the U.S. without NPDES permit coverageST6
September 25, 2024Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
September 25, 2024Discharge from an industrial stormwater outfall to waters of the U.S. without NPDES permit coverageST6
September 20, 2024Discharge from an industrial stormwater outfall to waters of the U.S. without NPDES permit coverageST6
August 30, 2024Discharge from an industrial stormwater outfall to waters of the U.S. without NPDES permit coverageST6
August 24, 2024Discharge from an industrial stormwater outfall to waters of the U.S. without NPDES permit coverageST6
July 31, 2024Discharge from an industrial stormwater outfall to waters of the U.S. without NPDES permit coverageST6
July 19, 2024Discharge from an industrial stormwater outfall to waters of the U.S. without NPDES permit coverageST6
April 25, 2024Discharge from an industrial stormwater outfall to waters of the U.S. without NPDES permit coverageST6
March 22, 2024Discharge from an industrial stormwater outfall to waters of the U.S. without NPDES permit coverageST6
March 8, 2024Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
February 21, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 27, 2023Discharge from an industrial stormwater outfall to waters of the U.S. without NPDES permit coverageST6
January 13, 2023Discharge from an industrial stormwater outfall to waters of the U.S. without NPDES permit coverageST6
February 10, 2021WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to develop any or adequate SWPPP/SWMPST6
December 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 7, 2020Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
May 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
March 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
February 1, 2019WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to develop any or adequate SWPPP/SWMPST6
February 1, 2019Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
February 1, 2019Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
February 1, 2019Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
January 28, 2019Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
November 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
July 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
February 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 1, 2017Management Practice Violations - Improper Chemical HandlingST6
November 1, 2017Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
September 22, 2017Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6

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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit MI0002003 for MICHIGAN SUGAR CO-SEBEWAING in Sebewaing, MI, held by Michigan Sugar Company, with its permit status shown as Effective and its discharger class as Major. The page lists 10 as the discharger class, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit recorded as issued January 25, 2017 and expiring October 1, 2022.

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