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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0021482

ROSCOMMON WWTP, Roscommon, MI: NPDES MI0021482 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ROSCOMMON WWTP, held by Village of Roscommon, holds NPDES permit MI0021482, which discharges to South Branch Au Sable River. EPA’s file records it issued August 28, 2020 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 filedROSCOMMON WWTP
Permittee as filedVillage of Roscommon
NPDES IDMI0021482
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
IssuedAugust 28, 2020
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2023
Issuing agencyState
AddressRoscommon, MI 48653
Receiving waterSouth Branch Au Sable River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHudson Creek-South Branch Au Sable River (HUC 040700070107)
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
Phosphorus, total [as P]4837September 30, 201527% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general2682July 31, 2016209% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]12651July 31, 201922% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4631September 30, 201943% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C0331August 31, 200592% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2680
pH2660
Chlorination0380
Wetland overflow, y/n response0380
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1340
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]4310
Chlorine, total residual190
Solids, total330
Arsenic, dry weight330
Selenium, dry weight330
Copper, dry weight330
Cadmium, dry weight330
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl330
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]330
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]330
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]330
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]330
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]330
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]330
Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K]330
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]330

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
August 7, 2025Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
August 7, 2025Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
August 7, 2025Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
April 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
February 21, 2019Reporting 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

The Roscommon WWTP record (NPDES MI0021482), held by the Village of Roscommon, covers a minor discharger permit listed as administratively continued, with 5 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit was issued August 28, 2020 and had an expiration date of October 1, 2023, and the status reflects EPA's file as loaded on October 14, 2026.