Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0057012
SALINE VALLEY FARMS, Saline, MI: NPDES MI0057012 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SALINE VALLEY FARMS, held by Saline Valley Farms Water and Sewer Authority, holds NPDES permit MI0057012, which discharges to Saline River. EPA’s file records it issued August 28, 2020 and expiring October 1, 2024. 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 | SALINE VALLEY FARMS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Saline Valley Farms Water and Sewer Authority |
| NPDES ID | MI0057012 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 28, 2020 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Saline, MI 48176 |
| Receiving water | Saline River |
| Subwatershed | Saline River (HUC 041000020409) |
| NAICS | 813990 – Other Similar Organizations [except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations] |
| SIC | 8641 – Civic And Social Associations |
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
- 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] | 6 | 313 | 55 | August 31, 2025 | 3,380% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 363 | 11 | August 31, 2019 | 100% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 141 | 9 | July 31, 2025 | 140% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 137 | 5 | February 29, 2024 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 93 | 5 | August 31, 2022 | 80% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 267 | 3 | January 31, 2017 | 120% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 135 | 3 | August 31, 2021 | 113% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 26 | 1 | January 31, 2017 | 17% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 132 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 2 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 3 | 3 | 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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 21, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| November 13, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| April 21, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| January 30, 2020 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| January 30, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| January 21, 2018 | 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.