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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0002224

MICHIGAN SUGAR CO-CARROLLTON, Carrollton, MI: NPDES MI0002224 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MICHIGAN SUGAR CO-CARROLLTON, held by Michigan Sugar Company, holds NPDES permit MI0002224, which discharges to Saginaw River. EPA’s file records it issued October 28, 2016 and expiring October 1, 2020. 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-CARROLLTON
Permittee as filedMichigan Sugar Company
NPDES IDMI0002224
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 28, 2016
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2020
Issuing agencyState
AddressCarrollton, MI 48724
Receiving waterSaginaw River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCrow Island-Saginaw River (HUC 040802060201)
NAICS311313 – Beet Sugar Manufacturing
SIC2063 – Beet Sugar
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MID049269665; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000B2874

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
Phosphorus, total [as P]4582November 30, 20251,124% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit062December 31, 20046% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general2571May 31, 200275% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1271May 31, 202023% over the limit
Solids, total suspended41200
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]41140
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C41000
pH2530
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2480
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response1270
Chlorine, total residual0270
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia0110
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]020
Hydrogen peroxide200

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
November 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
February 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MI0002224.

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 MI0002224.

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 NPDES permit MI0002224, held by Michigan Sugar Company for the MICHIGAN SUGAR CO-CARROLLTON facility in Carrollton, MI, which discharges to the Saginaw River within the Crow Island-Saginaw River subwatershed (HUC 040802060201). The listed permit status is administratively continued, with a minor discharger class of 10, 4 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.