Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0020095
WEST BRANCH WWTP, West Branch, MI: NPDES MI0020095 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WEST BRANCH WWTP, held by City of West Branch, holds NPDES permit MI0020095. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 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 filed | WEST BRANCH WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of West Branch |
| NPDES ID | MI0020095 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 1, 2016 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | West Branch, MI 48661 |
| Subwatershed | West Branch Rifle River (HUC 040801010406) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MIK156979388 |
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
- 26Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 41 | 3 | August 31, 2021 | 96% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 6 | 194 | 2 | September 30, 2024 | 6% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 134 | 2 | June 30, 2004 | 1,977% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 74 | 2 | March 31, 2004 | 19% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 44 | 2 | September 30, 2003 | 10% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 39 | 2 | April 30, 2019 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 38 | 2 | April 30, 2026 | 74% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 34 | 1 | June 30, 2015 | 23% over the limit |
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 19 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 3 | 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 MI0020095.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.