Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0022276

BATTLE CREEK WWTP, Battle Creek, MI: NPDES MI0022276 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
30Pollutants under a numeric limit
8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

BATTLE CREEK WWTP, held by City of Battle Creek, holds NPDES permit MI0022276. EPA’s file records it issued May 25, 2021 and expiring October 1, 2025. 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	BATTLE CREEK WWTP
Permittee as filed	City of Battle Creek
NPDES ID	MI0022276
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	May 25, 2021
Expiration date	October 1, 2025
Issuing agency	State
Address	Battle Creek, MI 49037
Subwatershed	Harts Lake-Kalamazoo River (HUC 040500030503)
Program components on file	Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000B6307

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

33Pollutants on file
30Under a numeric limit
31With a violation of any kind
8With 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	91	27	April 30, 2020	380% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	39	15	May 31, 2024	95% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	2	10	8	April 30, 2020	180% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	38	6	July 31, 2007	75% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	39	5	February 29, 2020	272% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	8	66	2	June 30, 2015	23% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	18	1	July 31, 2006	3% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	1	17	1	January 31, 2018	2,953% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]	6	64	0
pH	2	34	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	32	0
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	2	8	0
Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K]	3	7	0
Solids, total	3	6	0
Arsenic, dry weight	3	6	0
Selenium, dry weight	3	6	0
Copper, dry weight	3	6	0
Cadmium, dry weight	3	6	0
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl	3	6	0
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]	3	6	0
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]	3	6	0
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]	3	6	0
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]	3	6	0
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]	3	6	0
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]	3	6	0
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]	3	6	0
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	4	4	0
Cyanide [A]	4	1	0
Boron, total [as B]	0	1	0
Selenium, total [as Se]	0	1	0
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	1	0
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)	4	0	0
Perfluorooctanesulfonate	4	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

12Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
June 21, 2025	Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs	ST6
March 15, 2024	Pretreatment - Failure to Develop/Enforce Standards	ST6
March 15, 2024	Failure to enforce standards, local limits, and reporting requirements (>15% SNC SIU) (Level II)	ST6
July 1, 2021	Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records	ST6
May 17, 2021	Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records	ST6
May 17, 2021	WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to develop any or adequate SWPPP/SWMP	ST6
May 17, 2021	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
July 21, 2020	Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs	ST6
August 8, 2019	Pretreatment - Failure to Develop/Enforce Standards	ST6
August 8, 2019	Failure to enforce standards, local limits, and reporting requirements (>15% SNC SIU) (Level II)	ST6
October 31, 2018	Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs	ST6
October 31, 2017	Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs	ST6

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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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MI0022276 for BATTLE CREEK WWTP in Battle Creek, MI, held by City of Battle Creek and listed as administratively continued. The page lists 30 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, within the Harts Lake-Kalamazoo River watershed (HUC 040500030503).