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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0022225

ARMADA WWTP, Armada, MI: NPDES MI0022225 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ARMADA WWTP, held by Village of Armada, holds NPDES permit MI0022225, which discharges to East Branch Coon Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 9, 2017 and expiring October 1, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedARMADA WWTP
Permittee as filedVillage of Armada
NPDES IDMI0022225
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
IssuedFebruary 9, 2017
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2020
Issuing agencyState
AddressArmada, MI 48005
Receiving waterEast Branch Coon Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedEast Branch Coon Creek (HUC 040900030303)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]1217628May 31, 2024240% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]1210115May 31, 2026640% over the limit
Solids, total suspended82311April 30, 2026721% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]4206June 30, 202460% over the limit
Silver, total [as Ag]0103February 28, 20105,450% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal273April 30, 2026120% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general2282February 29, 2004253% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]2271July 31, 202510% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal251April 30, 202687% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2270
pH2260
Selenium, dry weight3120
Cadmium, dry weight3120
Solids, total3110
Arsenic, dry weight3110
Copper, dry weight3110
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl3110
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3110
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3110
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3110
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3110
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]3110
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3110
Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K]3110
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]3110
Mercury, total [as Hg]630
Copper, total [as Cu]130

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 4, 2025Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
August 4, 2025Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
September 27, 2023Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
July 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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MI0022225 for ARMADA WWTP in Armada, MI, held by the Village of Armada and discharging to East Branch Coon Creek. The permit is classed as a Minor Discharger and is administratively continued, with 26 pollutants under a numeric limit and 9 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.