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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG580294

THREE OAKS WWSL, Three Oaks, MI: NPDES MIG580294 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

THREE OAKS WWSL, held by Village of Three Oaks, holds NPDES permit MIG580294, which discharges to Deer Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 7, 2014 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 filedTHREE OAKS WWSL
Permittee as filedVillage of Three Oaks
NPDES IDMIG580294
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
IssuedNovember 7, 2014
Expiration dateApril 1, 2019
Issuing agencyState
AddressThree Oaks, MI 49128
Receiving waterDeer Creek
SubwatershedSouth Branch Galien River (HUC 040400010206)
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 suspended4497May 31, 201870% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2506May 31, 2018152% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general2442March 31, 2018100% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1222May 31, 201865% over the limit
pH2420
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2390
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2240
Phosphorus, total [as P]2230
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
December 8, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
December 8, 2020Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
December 18, 2019Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
December 18, 2019Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
December 18, 2019Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
December 18, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
November 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 1, 2018Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
March 15, 2018Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6

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 MIG580294 for THREE OAKS WWSL in Three Oaks, MI, held by the Village of Three Oaks, which discharges to Deer Creek. The permit is listed as a Minor Discharger class coverage under a general permit, with administrative continuation status, and it shows 22 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.