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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0050628

JBS PLAINWELL, INC., Plainwell, MI: NPDES MI0050628 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

JBS PLAINWELL, INC., held by JBS Plainwell, Incorporated, holds NPDES permit MI0050628, which discharges to Kalamazoo River. EPA’s file records it issued May 2, 2017 and expiring October 1, 2020. 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 filedJBS PLAINWELL, INC.
Permittee as filedJBS Plainwell, Incorporated
NPDES IDMI0050628
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
IssuedMay 2, 2017
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2020
Issuing agencyState
AddressPlainwell, MI 49080
Receiving waterKalamazoo River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedSilver Creek-Kalamazoo River (HUC 040500030607)
NAICS311611 – Animal [Except Poultry] Slaughtering
SIC2011 – Meat Packing Plants
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MID006017826; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000B7244

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same 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
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia16541July 31, 2026680% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general29420December 31, 202599,999% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4839July 31, 2026115% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]4794June 30, 202070% over the limit
pH2784July 31, 2005
Solids, total dissolved41502January 31, 20232% over the limit
Solids, total suspended2762June 30, 2026547% over the limit
Oil & Grease31150
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2740
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2740
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response1390
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1370
TU Static 24 Hr Acute Daphnia magna0150
Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C020

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
April 21, 2025Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
February 26, 2025Failure to develop, maintain, or get approval of an adequate SWPPP (industrial stormwater)ST6
February 21, 2025Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
September 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
July 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 25, 2019Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
October 25, 2019Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified OperatorST6
October 25, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Chemical HandlingST6
August 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
July 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
February 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
August 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
March 21, 2017Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice DeficienciesST6
March 21, 2017Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
March 21, 2017WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to develop any or adequate SWPPP/SWMPST6
March 21, 2017Failure to eliminate or relocate industrial stormwater outfalls from identified sensitive areasST6
March 21, 2017Other noncompliance related to industrial stormwater dischargesST6

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.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MI0050628, held by JBS Plainwell, Inc. in Plainwell, MI, which discharges to the Kalamazoo River in subwatershed HUC 040500030607 and is administratively continued. The page lists 12 as the discharger class and 7 pollutants under a numeric limit, of which 7 pollutants had an effluent exceedance.