Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0020362
MANISTEE WWTP, Manistee, MI: NPDES MI0020362 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MANISTEE WWTP, held by City of Manistee, holds NPDES permit MI0020362, which discharges to Manistee Lake. EPA’s file records it issued December 22, 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 | MANISTEE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Manistee |
| NPDES ID | MI0020362 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 22, 2016 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Manistee, MI 49660 |
| Receiving water | Manistee Lake |
| Subwatershed | Manistee Lake-Manistee River (HUC 040601030705) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 27Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 29 | 7 | August 31, 2024 | 153% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 26 | 4 | November 30, 2021 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 47 | 3 | September 30, 2001 | 29% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 14 | 3 | March 31, 2022 | 27% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 45 | 1 | January 31, 2011 | 85% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 6 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 11 | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 27, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| October 31, 2020 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| October 31, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| May 3, 2017 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
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.