Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0044512

NATIONAL ENERGY OF MCBAIN, Mcbain, MI: NPDES MI0044512 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
14Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

NATIONAL ENERGY OF MCBAIN, held by IPR-GDF SUEZ North America Generation, holds NPDES permit MI0044512, which discharges to North Branch Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 10, 2014 and expiring October 1, 2017. 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	NATIONAL ENERGY OF MCBAIN
Permittee as filed	IPR-GDF SUEZ North America Generation
NPDES ID	MI0044512
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	March 10, 2014
Expiration date	October 1, 2017
Issuing agency	State
Address	Mcbain, MI 49657
Receiving water	North Branch Creek
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	North Branch Creek-West Branch Clam River (HUC 040601020308)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler MI0000991752; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000N1160

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

15Pollutants on file
14Under a numeric limit
15With a violation of any kind
3With 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
Solids, total dissolved	4	304	60	August 31, 2023	558% over the limit
Arsenic, total [as As]	4	67	43	August 31, 2024	18,193% over the limit
Di-n-butyl phthalate	4	34	10	December 31, 2024	58,709% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	4	138	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	137	0
pH	2	136	0
Thermal Discharge	2	122	0
Chlorine, total residual	2	110	0
Solids, total suspended	2	98	0
Cyanide [A]	0	91	0
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response	1	67	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	62	0
Chlorination duration	1	55	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	16	0
Oil & Grease	2	5	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

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MI0044512.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MI0044512 for National Energy of McBain in Mcbain, MI, which discharges to North Branch Creek and is classed as a minor discharger with an administratively continued status. The page lists 14 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.