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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0023973

SAGINAW TWP WWTP, Saginaw, MI: NPDES MI0023973 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SAGINAW TWP WWTP, held by Saginaw Charter Township, holds NPDES permit MI0023973, which discharges to Tittabawassee River. EPA’s file records it issued August 30, 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 filedSAGINAW TWP WWTP
Permittee as filedSaginaw Charter Township
NPDES IDMI0023973
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 30, 2019
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2023
Issuing agencyState
AddressSaginaw, MI 48638
Receiving waterTittabawassee River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedParker Swamp Drain-Tittabawassee River (HUC 040802010607)
Program components on fileBiosolids, CSO, POTW
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
Coliform, fecal general45617June 30, 20261,400% over the limit
Solids, total suspended67113April 30, 2026756% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual33311February 28, 20223,584% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]63910September 30, 2011125% over the limit
pH4439December 31, 2025
Phosphorus, total [as P]6566November 30, 2023200% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]10373April 30, 2009124% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal2103April 30, 201360% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal2181April 30, 20137% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]0131April 30, 200919% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant6560
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]7440
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C0240
Thallium, total [as Tl]0240
Silver, total [as Ag]0240
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)4180
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]2180
Perfluorooctanesulfonate4120
Cadmium, total [as Cd]0120
Beryllium, total [as Be]060
Cyanide [A]060
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
Chloride [as Cl]010
Sulfate, total [as SO4]010

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
December 16, 2024Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
November 18, 2024Failure to enforce standards, local limits, and reporting requirements (>15% SNC SIU) (Level II)ST6
September 11, 2023Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
September 19, 2022Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6

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 MI0023973 for SAGINAW TWP WWTP in Saginaw, MI, held by Saginaw Charter Township, with a listed status of administratively continued. The facts list 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 10 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, within the Parker Swamp Drain-Tittabawassee River subwatershed (HUC 040802010607).