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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0035726

MDNR-ODEN FISH HATCHERY, Alanson, MI: NPDES MI0035726 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MDNR-ODEN FISH HATCHERY, held by Michigan Department of Natural Resources, holds NPDES permit MI0035726, which discharges to Fish Hatchery Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 13, 2013 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 filedMDNR-ODEN FISH HATCHERY
Permittee as filedMichigan Department of Natural Resources
NPDES IDMI0035726
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 13, 2013
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2016
Issuing agencyState
AddressAlanson, MI 49706
Receiving waterFish Hatchery Creek
SubwatershedCrooked River (HUC 040700040208)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Phosphorus, total [as P]161,03412April 30, 2026146% over the limit
Solids, total suspended86995February 28, 201930% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant86860
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response2620
Formaldehyde0160

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
June 2, 2023Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
April 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 14, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
November 14, 2019Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
February 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MI0035726.

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

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES MI0035726.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MI0035726, held by Michigan Department of Natural Resources for MDNR-ODEN FISH HATCHERY in Alanson, MI, which discharges to Fish Hatchery Creek in the Crooked River subwatershed (HUC 040700040208). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a minor discharger class of 4, 5 pollutants on file, 4 under a numeric limit, and 2 with an effluent exceedance.