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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG580084

WHISPERING PINES MHP-MIDLAND, Midland, MI: NPDES MIG580084 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WHISPERING PINES MHP-MIDLAND, held by Richard B. Freeman, Owner, holds NPDES permit MIG580084, which discharges to Knapp Drain. EPA’s file records it issued May 28, 2021 and expiring April 1, 2024. 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 filedWHISPERING PINES MHP-MIDLAND
Permittee as filedRichard B. Freeman, Owner
NPDES IDMIG580084
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 28, 2021
Expiration dateApril 1, 2024
Issuing agencyState
AddressMidland, MI 48640
Receiving waterKnapp Drain
SubwatershedCarrol Creek (HUC 040802010601)
NAICS531190 – Lessors of Other Real Estate Property
SIC6515 – Mobile Home Site Operators

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
Coliform, fecal general27022December 31, 20202,900% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2546May 31, 201787% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1262October 31, 201578% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4480
pH2480
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2480
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2260
Phosphorus, total [as P]2260
Solids, total360
Arsenic, dry weight360
Selenium, dry weight360
Copper, dry weight360
Cadmium, dry weight360
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl360
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]360
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]360
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]360
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]360
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]360
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]360
Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K]360
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]360

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, 2025Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 21, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 16, 2024Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
December 16, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
December 9, 2024Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
December 7, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
November 21, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
September 16, 2024Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified OperatorST6
December 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 31, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 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.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MIG580084 for WHISPERING PINES MHP-MIDLAND in Midland, MI, held by Richard B. Freeman, Owner, which discharges to Knapp Drain within the Carrol Creek subwatershed (HUC 040802010601). The permit is listed as administratively continued with a Minor Discharger class, and the figures given are 22 for the discharger class code count, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.