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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0020176

CLARE WWTP, Clare, MI: NPDES MI0020176 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CLARE WWTP, held by City of Clare, holds NPDES permit MI0020176. EPA’s file records it issued November 27, 2019 and expiring October 1, 2023. 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 filedCLARE WWTP
Permittee as filedCity of Clare
NPDES IDMI0020176
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 27, 2019
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2023
Issuing agencyState
AddressClare, MI 48617
SubwatershedSanford Creek-South Branch Tobacco River (HUC 040802010303)
Program components on fileBiosolids, POTW
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]713412July 31, 2011165% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal24211March 31, 2026547% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1295September 30, 202450% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]4664March 31, 2026790% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general2544November 30, 2023109% over the limit
pH2504October 31, 2008
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal2234March 31, 2026567% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]82222August 31, 202520% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4982April 30, 201126% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2560
Mercury, total [as Hg]4530
Copper, total [as Cu]2250
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)4120
Perfluorooctanesulfonate4120
Solids, total360
Arsenic, dry weight360
Selenium, dry weight360
Copper, dry weight360
Cadmium, dry weight360
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl360
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]360
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]360
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]360
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]360
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]360
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]360
Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K]360
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]360
Selenium, total [as Se]020

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, 2026Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
September 15, 2025Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
October 21, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
August 24, 2022Pretreatment - Failure to Develop/Enforce StandardsST6
August 24, 2022Failure to enforce standards, local limits, and reporting requirements (>15% SNC SIU) (Level II)ST6
June 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
August 2, 2021Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
February 11, 2021Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
October 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
September 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 14, 2019Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
September 19, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
August 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MI0020176 for CLARE WWTP in Clare, MI, held by City of Clare and administratively continued after its October 1, 2023 expiration date. The page lists 9 pollutants under a numeric limit and 9 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the status reflecting EPA's permit file as of October 14, 2026.