Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0057989
CARBON GREEN BIOENERGY, Lake Odessa, MI: NPDES MI0057989 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CARBON GREEN BIOENERGY, held by Carbon Green BioEnergy, LLC, holds NPDES permit MI0057989, which discharges to Riley-Dell Intercounty Drain. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2017 and expiring October 1, 2020. 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 | CARBON GREEN BIOENERGY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Carbon Green BioEnergy, LLC |
| NPDES ID | MI0057989 |
| 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 | May 1, 2017 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Lake Odessa, MI 48849 |
| Receiving water | Riley-Dell Intercounty Drain |
| Subwatershed | Jordan Lake-Little Thornapple River (HUC 040500070301) |
| NAICS | 325193 – Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing |
| SIC | 2869 – Industrial Organic Chemicals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MIK697116317; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000N7412 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 24With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 337 | 1 | July 31, 2018 | 6% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 166 | 1 | June 30, 2009 | 9,137% over the limit |
| Toxicity, choice of species | 1 | 43 | 1 | April 30, 2020 | 36% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 188 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 188 | 0 | ||
| Bromine, reported as the element | 1 | 136 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 122 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 120 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 120 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 120 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 116 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 102 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 1 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Total residual ooxidant-discharge time | 1 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Strontium, total [as Sr] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Dechlorination reagent, gen | 0 | 8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2026 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| May 21, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| December 22, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| December 21, 2017 | 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.