Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0028819
RIVER ROUGE CSO RTB, River Rouge, MI: NPDES MI0028819 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RIVER ROUGE CSO RTB, held by Wayne County/River Rouge CSO RTB, holds NPDES permit MI0028819, which discharges to Rouge River. EPA’s file records it issued August 26, 2014 and expiring October 1, 2016. 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 filed | RIVER ROUGE CSO RTB |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Wayne County/River Rouge CSO RTB |
| NPDES ID | MI0028819 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 26, 2014 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2016 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | River Rouge, MI 48218 |
| Receiving water | Rouge River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Woodmere Cemetery-River Rouge (HUC 040900040407) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MIK151816527 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 3 | 44 | 10 | June 30, 2021 | 1,775% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 146 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 11 | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 21, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| November 21, 2018 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| March 21, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| February 21, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | 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 September 15, 2026.