Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0058649
EAGLE MINE LLC-HUMBOLDT MILL, Champion, MI: NPDES MI0058649 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 36Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EAGLE MINE LLC-HUMBOLDT MILL, held by Eagle Mine, LLC, holds NPDES permit MI0058649, which discharges to Wetland. EPA’s file records it issued April 7, 2015 and expiring October 1, 2019. 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 | EAGLE MINE LLC-HUMBOLDT MILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Eagle Mine, LLC |
| NPDES ID | MI0058649 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 7, 2015 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Champion, MI 49814 |
| Receiving water | wetland |
| Subwatershed | Halfway Creek-Middle Branch Escanaba River (HUC 040301100101) |
| NAICS | 212210 – Iron Ore Mining |
| SIC | 1021 – Copper Ores |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MIK964321434 |
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
- 36Pollutants on file
- 36Under a numeric limit
- 34With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toxicity, choice of species | 8 | 55 | 8 | September 30, 2019 | 350% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 19 | 101 | 4 | January 31, 2020 | 45% over the limit |
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 15 | 8 | 4 | May 31, 2020 | 131% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 97 | 3 | February 28, 2018 | |
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 22 | 193 | 1 | December 31, 2019 | 5% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2019 | 61% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 28 | 330 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 22 | 192 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 18 | 192 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 26 | 188 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 188 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 12 | 188 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 19 | 97 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 19 | 97 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 19 | 97 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 15 | 97 | 0 | ||
| Cobalt, total [as Co] | 15 | 97 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 9 | 97 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 9 | 97 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 9 | 97 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total [as Mo] | 9 | 97 | 0 | ||
| Strontium, total [as Sr] | 9 | 97 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 9 | 97 | 0 | ||
| Lithium, total [as Li] | 9 | 97 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 16 | 94 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 9 | 94 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 94 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 94 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 94 | 0 | ||
| Static 48 Hr Chronic Pimphales Promelas | 8 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 3 | 47 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 24 Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 3 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MI0058649.
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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