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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0053465

STURGIS WELL FIELD-SF, Sturgis, MI: NPDES MI0053465 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

STURGIS WELL FIELD-SF, held by Newell Brands Incorporated, holds NPDES permit MI0053465, which discharges to Nye Drain. EPA’s file records it issued June 28, 2017 and expiring October 1, 2021. 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 filedSTURGIS WELL FIELD-SF
Permittee as filedNewell Brands Incorporated
NPDES IDMI0053465
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
IssuedJune 28, 2017
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2021
Issuing agencyState
AddressSturgis, MI 49091
Receiving waterNye Drain
SubwatershedWegner Ditch-Fawn River (HUC 040500010807)
NAICS562910 – Remediation Services
SIC2591 – Drapery Hardware & Blinds & Shades

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

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
Trichloroethene42904October 31, 20213,633% over the limit
Methylene chloride1993July 31, 2009120% over the limit
pH42321May 31, 2025
Hexachlorobutadiene0771March 31, 2005900% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant41890
1,2-cis-Dichloroethylene01440
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene01410
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response2980
Equipment inspection - visual2960
Tetrachloroethene2960
Naphthalene0770
1,1,1-Trichloroethane1600
1,1-Dichloroethylene020
cis-1,2-Dichloroethene020

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
August 21, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 6, 2024Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
February 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 12, 2021Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
October 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6

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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