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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0055026

GENESEE CO #7-ARGENTINE WWSL, Byron, MI: NPDES MI0055026 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GENESEE CO #7-ARGENTINE WWSL, held by Genesee County Drain Commissioner's Office, holds NPDES permit MI0055026. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2019 and expiring October 1, 2023. 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 filedGENESEE CO #7-ARGENTINE WWSL
Permittee as filedGenesee County Drain Commissioner's Office
NPDES IDMI0055026
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 30, 2019
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2023
Issuing agencyState
AddressByron, MI 48418
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedByron Millpond-Shiawasee River (HUC 040802030111)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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
pH2511December 31, 2012
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]2491April 30, 200630% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4720
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2480
Coliform, fecal general2480
Phosphorus, total [as P]4310
Chlorine, total residual1300
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2240
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1240
Solids, total300
Arsenic, dry weight300
Selenium, dry weight300
Copper, dry weight300
Cadmium, dry weight300
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl300
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]300
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]300
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]300
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]300
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]300
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]300
Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K]300
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]300

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
May 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6

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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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MI0055026 for GENESEE CO #7-ARGENTINE WWSL in Byron, MI, held by the Genesee County Drain Commissioner's Office. The permit is administratively continued, with a minor discharger class and 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, 2 of which show an effluent exceedance. The permit was issued September 30, 2019 and expired October 1, 2023, and the status is as EPA's permit file stood when the record was loaded on October 14, 2026.