Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0021695
BLISSFIELD WWTP, Blissfield, MI: NPDES MI0021695 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BLISSFIELD WWTP, held by Village of Blissfield, holds NPDES permit MI0021695, which discharges to Raisin River. EPA’s file records it issued April 22, 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 filed | BLISSFIELD WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Village of Blissfield |
| NPDES ID | MI0021695 |
| 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 | April 22, 2019 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Blissfield, MI 49228 |
| Receiving water | Raisin River |
| Subwatershed | Floodwood Creek-River Raisin (HUC 041000020307) |
| 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
- 24Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 24With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 231 | 31 | October 31, 2021 | 277% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 132 | 14 | February 28, 2018 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 69 | 13 | January 31, 2024 | 300% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 119 | 12 | May 31, 2016 | 288% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 120 | 8 | September 30, 2021 | 133% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 114 | 2 | January 31, 2018 | |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 2 | 34 | 2 | April 30, 2013 | 113% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 222 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 112 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 61 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 3 | 14 | 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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 21, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| May 19, 2023 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| March 20, 2023 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| February 20, 2023 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| October 31, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| August 16, 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.