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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG580083

MERRILL WWSL, Merrill, MI: NPDES MIG580083 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MERRILL WWSL, held by Village of Merrill, holds NPDES permit MIG580083. EPA’s file records it issued April 14, 2015 and expiring April 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 filedMERRILL WWSL
Permittee as filedVillage of Merrill
NPDES IDMIG580083
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 14, 2015
Expiration dateApril 1, 2019
Issuing agencyState
AddressMerrill, MI 48637
SubwatershedWhitmore Drain (HUC 040802030404)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1141April 30, 201698% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4260
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2260
pH2260
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2260
Coliform, fecal general2260
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2160
Phosphorus, total [as P]2160
Solids, total330
Arsenic, dry weight330
Selenium, dry weight330
Copper, dry weight330
Cadmium, dry weight330
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl330
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]330
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]330
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]330
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]330
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]330
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]330
Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K]330
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]330

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
January 21, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
August 20, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 21, 2018Reporting 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 discharge permit NPDES MIG580083 for MERRILL WWSL in Merrill, MI, held by the Village of Merrill and currently administratively continued. The facts list 22 pollutants on file, 1 pollutant under a numeric limit, and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, within the Whitmore Drain (HUC 040802030404) subwatershed.