Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0053406
HOWARD CITY WWTP, Howard City, MI: NPDES MI0053406 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HOWARD CITY WWTP, held by Village of Howard City, holds NPDES permit MI0053406, which discharges to Tamarack Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 19, 2019 and expiring October 1, 2022. 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 | HOWARD CITY WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Village of Howard City |
| NPDES ID | MI0053406 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 19, 2019 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Howard City, MI 49329 |
| Receiving water | Tamarack Creek |
| Subwatershed | Tamarack Creek (HUC 040601020809) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 100 | 33 | December 31, 2023 | 730% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 65 | 9 | May 31, 2024 | 52% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 85 | 2 | November 30, 2024 | 55% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 39 | 2 | April 30, 2025 | 444% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 81 | 1 | April 30, 2025 | |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 101 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 82 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 1 | 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
- 20Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 9, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| June 27, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| June 27, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| June 27, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| May 3, 2024 | WW SSO - Failure to report violation that may endanger public health 122.41(l)(7) | ST6 |
| May 3, 2024 | PR: Failure to submit noncompliance report - CSO, SSO, or Bypass [40 CFR 122.41(l)(6) & (m)(3)(ii)] | ST6 |
| May 2, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 2, 2024 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| May 2, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| October 21, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| May 18, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| May 17, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| May 16, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| April 24, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| May 21, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| November 21, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| October 21, 2020 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| July 25, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| October 31, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| May 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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