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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0060368

DTE NITRO SUBSTATION NAPIER ROAD & 5 MILE CONDUIT, Northville Township, MI: NPDES MI0060368 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

DTE NITRO SUBSTATION NAPIER ROAD & 5 MILE CONDUIT, held by DTE Electric Company, holds NPDES permit MI0060368, which discharges to Johnson Drain. EPA’s file records it issued August 28, 2024 and expiring October 1, 2028. 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 filedDTE NITRO SUBSTATION NAPIER ROAD & 5 MILE CONDUIT
Permittee as filedDTE Electric Company
NPDES IDMI0060368
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 28, 2024
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2028
Issuing agencyState
AddressNorthville Township, MI 48168
Receiving waterJohnson Drain
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedJohnson Drain (HUC 040900040201)
NAICS221121 – Electric Bulk Power Transmission and Control
SIC4911 – Electric Services

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

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
Solids, total suspended833December 31, 2025124% over the limit
Arsenic, total [as As]2022December 31, 202518% over the limit
Silver, total [as Ag]2011April 30, 20268% over the limit
Perfluorooctanesulfonate2800
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)2800
Perfluorohexane Sulfonate2800
Phosphorus, total [as P]2000
Cadmium, total [as Cd]2000
Copper, total [as Cu]2000
Nickel, total [as Ni]2000
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1200
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)1200
Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)1200
pH800
Chloride [as Cl]400
Equipment inspection - visual400
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response400
Mercury, total [as Hg]200

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MI0060368.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MI0060368 for DTE NITRO SUBSTATION NAPIER ROAD & 5 MILE CONDUIT in Northville Township, MI, held by DTE Electric Company and discharging to Johnson Drain, which is listed as impaired under 303(D). The permit is shown as Effective, classed as a Minor discharger, with 18 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.