Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0056839
HANDY TWP WWTP, Fowlerville, MI: NPDES MI0056839 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HANDY TWP WWTP, held by Handy Township, holds NPDES permit MI0056839. EPA’s file records it issued December 17, 2018 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 filed | HANDY TWP WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Handy Township |
| NPDES ID | MI0056839 |
| 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 | December 17, 2018 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Fowlerville, MI 48836 |
| Subwatershed | Handy Drain Number 5-Red Cedar River (HUC 040500040403) |
| 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
- 24Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 24With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 349 | 9 | June 30, 2026 | 52% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 79 | 7 | October 31, 2024 | 20% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 181 | 3 | October 31, 2025 | 148% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 342 | 2 | May 31, 2016 | 45% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 3 | 1 | February 28, 2010 | 40% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 220 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 3 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 3 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl | 3 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 3 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 3 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 3 | 144 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 2 | 2 | 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
- 8Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 21, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| January 21, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| February 21, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| December 21, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| November 21, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| October 31, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| December 21, 2020 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| September 28, 2020 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity Requirements | 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.