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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG580110

CAMP LIGHTHOUSE, Dowagiac, MI: NPDES MIG580110 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CAMP LIGHTHOUSE, held by Camp Lighthouse Conference and Retreat Center, holds NPDES permit MIG580110. EPA’s file records it issued July 20, 2020 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 filedCAMP LIGHTHOUSE
Permittee as filedCamp Lighthouse Conference and Retreat Center
NPDES IDMIG580110
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
IssuedJuly 20, 2020
Expiration dateApril 1, 2024
Issuing agencyState
AddressDowagiac, MI 49047
SubwatershedLemon Creek-Saint Joseph River (HUC 040500012605)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC7032 – Sporting And Recreational Camps

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 general2891October 31, 2012113% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2880
Solids, total suspended4860
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2860
pH2860
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2610
Phosphorus, total [as P]2610
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1430
Solids, total3180
Arsenic, dry weight3180
Selenium, dry weight3180
Copper, dry weight3180
Cadmium, dry weight3180
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl3180
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3180
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3180
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3180
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3180
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]3180
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3180
Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K]3180
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]3180

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
April 21, 2026Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 31, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 31, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
July 19, 2019Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
July 17, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
July 17, 2019Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified OperatorST6
July 17, 2019Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
June 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 31, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 31, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 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 discharge permit NPDES MIG580110 for CAMP LIGHTHOUSE in Dowagiac, MI, held by Camp Lighthouse Conference and Retreat Center, which is administratively continued with a Minor Discharger class and a permit issued July 20, 2020 that expired April 1, 2024. The page lists 22 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, within the Lemon Creek-Saint Joseph River subwatershed (HUC 040500012605).