Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG580284
BROWN CITY WWSL, Brown City, MI: NPDES MIG580284 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BROWN CITY WWSL, held by City of Brown City, holds NPDES permit MIG580284, which discharges to Lapeer And Sanilac Drain. EPA’s file records it issued November 19, 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 filed | BROWN CITY WWSL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Brown City |
| NPDES ID | MIG580284 |
| 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 | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 19, 2019 |
| Expiration date | April 1, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Brown City, MI 48416 |
| Receiving water | Lapeer and Sanilac Drain |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lapeer and Sanilac Drain-Elk Creek (HUC 040900010105) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 22Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 40 | 4 | October 31, 2020 | 20% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 36 | 4 | April 30, 2021 | 31% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 37 | 2 | October 31, 2016 | 29% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 34 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 3 | 6 | 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 MIG580284.
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 October 14, 2026.