Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0025631
MENOMINEE WWTP, Menominee, MI: NPDES MI0025631 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MENOMINEE WWTP, held by City of Menominee, holds NPDES permit MI0025631, which discharges to Menominee River. EPA’s file records it issued August 5, 2014 and expiring October 1, 2018. 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 | MENOMINEE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Menominee |
| NPDES ID | MI0025631 |
| 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 | August 5, 2014 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Menominee, MI 49858 |
| Receiving water | Menominee River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Menominee River (HUC 040301080913) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, CSO, 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
- 26Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 26With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 15 | 7 | April 30, 2006 | 624% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 19 | 3 | July 31, 2008 | 50% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 12 | 2 | March 31, 2012 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 6 | 2 | April 30, 2013 | 43% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 6 | 51 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 2 | 4 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 18, 2018 | Pretreatment - Failure to Establish Local Limits | ST6 |
| September 18, 2018 | Failure to issue/reissue control mechanisms to at least 90% of SIU/CIUs w/in 6 months (Level II) | 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.