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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0058969

COPPERWOOD MINE, Wakefield, MI: NPDES MI0058969 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

COPPERWOOD MINE, held by Orvana Resources US Corp, holds NPDES permit MI0058969, which discharges to Namebinag Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 13, 2012 and expiring October 1, 2017. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedCOPPERWOOD MINE
Permittee as filedOrvana Resources US Corp
NPDES IDMI0058969
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 13, 2012
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2017
Issuing agencyState
AddressWakefield, MI 49968
Receiving waterNamebinag Creek
SubwatershedSahwa Creek-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC 040201010102)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant62860
Phosphorus, total [as P]52490
Arsenic, total [as As]42200
Barium, total [as Ba]42200
Beryllium, total [as Be]42200
Boron, total [as B]42200
Cadmium, total [as Cd]42200
Chromium, total [as Cr]42200
Cobalt, total [as Co]42200
Copper, total [as Cu]42200
Lead, total [as Pb]42200
Manganese, total [as Mn]42200
Molybdenum, total [as Mo]42200
Nickel, total [as Ni]42200
Silver, total [as Ag]42200
Strontium, total [as Sr]42200
Vanadium, total [as V]42200
Zinc, total [as Zn]42200
Antimony, total [as Sb]42200
Selenium, total [as Se]42200
Mercury, total [as Hg]42200
pH41680
Solids, total suspended61280
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2580
Coliform, fecal general2580
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]1550
Chloride [as Cl]1550
Toxicity, choice of species1550
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia1550
Solids, total dissolved1550
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response1550
TU Static 24 Hr Acute Pimephales promelas1550
Static 48 Hr Chronic Pimphales Promelas1550
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1290
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]1290

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MI0058969.

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
April 21, 2026Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
September 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
March 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
July 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
March 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
February 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 8, 2026EvaluationS
August 6, 2026EvaluationS
July 21, 2026EvaluationS
July 13, 2026EvaluationS
June 8, 2026EvaluationS
June 8, 2026EvaluationS
March 10, 2026EvaluationS
February 13, 2026EvaluationS
February 13, 2026EvaluationS
February 13, 2026EvaluationS

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES MI0058969.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MI0058969 for COPPERWOOD MINE in Wakefield, MI, held by Orvana Resources US Corp and discharging to Namebinag Creek, with its status listed as administratively continued. The page lists 35 pollutants on file, all 35 under a numeric limit, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.