Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0052329
SOUTHEAST BERRIEN CO LANDFILL - GWCU, Niles, MI: NPDES MI0052329 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SOUTHEAST BERRIEN CO LANDFILL - GWCU, held by Southeast Berrien County Landfill Authority, holds NPDES permit MI0052329, which discharges to Mccoy Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2014 and expiring October 1, 2017. 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 | SOUTHEAST BERRIEN CO LANDFILL - GWCU |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Southeast Berrien County Landfill Authority |
| NPDES ID | MI0052329 |
| 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 | September 30, 2014 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2017 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Niles, MI 49120 |
| Receiving water | McCoy Creek |
| Subwatershed | McCoy Creek (HUC 040500012601) |
| NAICS | 562212 – Solid Waste Landfill |
| SIC | 4953 – Refuse Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000N5432 |
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
- 16Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 16With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Static 48 Hr Chronic Pimphales Promelas | 2 | 72 | 48 | March 31, 2024 | 825% over the limit |
| TU Static 24 Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 44 | 22 | March 31, 2014 | 210% over the limit |
| Toxicity, choice of species | 2 | 53 | 11 | July 31, 2021 | 242% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 14 | 10 | October 31, 2008 | 155% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 1 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Equipment inspection - visual | 1 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Vanadium, total [as V] | 8 | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| October 4, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| December 2, 2021 | WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to develop any or adequate SWPPP/SWMP | ST6 |
| August 9, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | 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.