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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG580338

FAIRHAVEN TWP WWSL, Bay Port, MI: NPDES MIG580338 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FAIRHAVEN TWP WWSL, held by Fairhaven Township, holds NPDES permit MIG580338, which discharges to Wallace Drain. EPA’s file records it issued August 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 filedFAIRHAVEN TWP WWSL
Permittee as filedFairhaven Township
NPDES IDMIG580338
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
IssuedAugust 20, 2020
Expiration dateApril 1, 2024
Issuing agencyState
AddressBay Port, MI 48720
Receiving waterWallace Drain
SubwatershedMud Creek-Frontal Lake Huron (HUC 040801030403)
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
Coliform, fecal general2711October 31, 2014180% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4700
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2700
pH2700
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2700
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2470
Phosphorus, total [as P]2470
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1350
Solids, total390
Arsenic, dry weight390
Selenium, dry weight390
Copper, dry weight390
Cadmium, dry weight390
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl390
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]390
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]390
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]390
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]390
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]390
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]390
Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K]390
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]390

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
August 30, 2022Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
June 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 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
October 5, 2017Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
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 MIG580338 for FAIRHAVEN TWP WWSL in Bay Port, MI, held by Fairhaven Township and discharging to Wallace Drain. The permit is listed as administratively continued, a Minor Discharger class facility, with 22 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.