Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0055654
GENOA-OCEOLA WWTP, Howell, MI: NPDES MI0055654 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GENOA-OCEOLA WWTP, held by Genoa-Oceola Sewer & Water Authority, holds NPDES permit MI0055654, which discharges to Marion And Genoa Drain. EPA’s file records it issued September 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 filed | GENOA-OCEOLA WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Genoa-Oceola Sewer & Water Authority |
| NPDES ID | MI0055654 |
| 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 | September 28, 2017 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Howell, MI 48843 |
| Receiving water | Marion and Genoa Drain |
| Subwatershed | Marion and Genoa Drain-South Branch Shiawasee River (HUC 040802030101) |
| 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
- 28Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 27With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 242 | 20 | January 31, 2020 | 1,114% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 98 | 8 | January 31, 2020 | 242% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 60 | 4 | July 31, 2003 | 15% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 155 | 3 | January 31, 2005 | 287% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 12 | 278 | 2 | February 29, 2004 | 130% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 94 | 2 | August 31, 2024 | 25% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 28 | 2 | January 31, 2005 | 47% over the limit |
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 4 | 49 | 1 | July 31, 2022 | 13% over the limit |
| Cyanide [A] | 2 | 96 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 92 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 92 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 6 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 8 | 0 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MI0055654.
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.