Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG080969
BUCKEYE TERMINALS-NILES, Niles, MI: NPDES MIG080969 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BUCKEYE TERMINALS-NILES holds NPDES permit MIG080969, which discharges to St Joseph River Via Unnamed Drain. EPA’s file records it issued March 31, 2010 and expiring April 1, 2015. 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 filed | BUCKEYE TERMINALS-NILES |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BUCKEYE TERMINALS-NILES |
| NPDES ID | MIG080969 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 31, 2010 |
| Expiration date | April 1, 2015 |
| Address | Niles, MI 49120 |
| Receiving water | ST JOSEPH RIVER VIA UNNAMED DRAIN |
| Subwatershed | City of Niles-Saint Joseph River (HUC 040500012210) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 2 | 71 | 1 | January 31, 2007 | 277% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE] | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Equipment inspection - visual | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 12 | 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 MIG080969.
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 September 15, 2026.