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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG580206

PICKFORD UA WWSL, Pickford, MI: NPDES MIG580206 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PICKFORD UA WWSL, held by Pickford Utility Authority, holds NPDES permit MIG580206, which discharges to Munuscong River. EPA’s file records it issued July 18, 2019 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 filedPICKFORD UA WWSL
Permittee as filedPickford Utility Authority
NPDES IDMIG580206
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
IssuedJuly 18, 2019
Expiration dateApril 1, 2024
Issuing agencyState
AddressPickford, MI 49774
Receiving waterMunuscong River
SubwatershedMiddle Munuscong River (HUC 040700010204)
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
Solids, total suspended4723October 31, 201651% over the limit
pH2702November 30, 2007
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2840
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2690
Coliform, fecal general2690
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2560
Phosphorus, total [as P]2550
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1390
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
October 11, 2024Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
July 21, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 21, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
July 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 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
December 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
June 16, 2017Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
May 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 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 NPDES permit MIG580206 for PICKFORD UA WWSL in Pickford, MI, held by Pickford Utility Authority, with the permit administratively continued and discharging to the Munuscong River in the Middle Munuscong River subwatershed (HUC 040700010204). The facts list a discharger class of Minor, 22 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.