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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0059016

CMU BIOLOGICAL STATION BOATHOUSE, Beaver Island, MI: NPDES MI0059016 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CMU BIOLOGICAL STATION BOATHOUSE, held by Central Michigan University, holds NPDES permit MI0059016, which discharges to Lake Michigan. EPA’s file records it issued June 27, 2018 and expiring October 1, 2021. 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 filedCMU BIOLOGICAL STATION BOATHOUSE
Permittee as filedCentral Michigan University
NPDES IDMI0059016
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
IssuedJune 27, 2018
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2021
Issuing agencyState
AddressBeaver Island, MI 49782
Receiving waterLake Michigan

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
Phosphorus, total [as P]4200
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit2100
pH2100
Solids, total suspended2100
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2100
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response150

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MI0059016.

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
May 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
March 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
February 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
August 5, 2019Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
August 5, 2019Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
June 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
February 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit MI0059016 for CMU Biological Station Boathouse in Beaver Island, MI, held by Central Michigan University and discharging to Lake Michigan. The page lists 6 pollutants on file, 6 of them under a numeric limit, 6 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.