Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0057737
CHARLEVOIX WWTP, Charlevoix, MI: NPDES MI0057737 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHARLEVOIX WWTP, held by City of Charlevoix, holds NPDES permit MI0057737, which discharges to Lake Michigan. EPA’s file records it issued July 30, 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 | CHARLEVOIX WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Charlevoix |
| NPDES ID | MI0057737 |
| 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 | July 30, 2020 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Charlevoix, MI 49720 |
| Receiving water | Lake Michigan |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | McGeach Creek-Frontal Grand Traverse Bay (HUC 040601050701) |
| 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
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 27With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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] | 4 | 90 | 2 | March 31, 2008 | 25% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 43 | 1 | March 31, 2011 | 140% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 22 | 1 | June 30, 2010 | 1,863% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 6 | 157 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 84 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 42 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 2 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 16 | 4 | 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 | ||
| Benzidine | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 21, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| June 8, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| July 15, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| July 8, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | 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.