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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0025585

CHAPATON RTB, Saint Clair Shores, MI: NPDES MI0025585 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CHAPATON RTB, held by 8 1/2 Mile Relief Drain Drainage District, holds NPDES permit MI0025585, which discharges to Chapaton Canal. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2018 and expiring October 1, 2022. 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 filedCHAPATON RTB
Permittee as filed8 1/2 Mile Relief Drain Drainage District
NPDES IDMI0025585
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
IssuedSeptember 27, 2018
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2022
Issuing agencyState
AddressSaint Clair Shores, MI 48080
Receiving waterChapaton Canal
SubwatershedClinton River Spillway-Frontal Lake Saint Clair (HUC 040900020200)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MID985576503

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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 general0531July 31, 20101,002% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2411December 31, 20215% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4820
Solids, total suspended2780
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2780
Phosphorus, total [as P]2780
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]2780
pH2400
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1200
E. coli210

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MI0025585.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 18, 2026EvaluationS

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 31, 2026Letter of Violation/ Warning LetterState

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MI0025585 for CHAPATON RTB in Saint Clair Shores, MI, which discharges to Chapaton Canal within the Clinton River Spillway-Frontal Lake Saint Clair watershed (HUC 040900020200). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 9 for discharger class, 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.