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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG580373

MDNR-TAHQUAMENON FALLS SP WWSL, Paradise, MI: NPDES MIG580373 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MDNR-TAHQUAMENON FALLS SP WWSL, held by Michigan Department of Natural Resources, holds NPDES permit MIG580373. EPA’s file records it issued August 4, 2015 and expiring April 1, 2019. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedMDNR-TAHQUAMENON FALLS SP WWSL
Permittee as filedMichigan Department of Natural Resources
NPDES IDMIG580373
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
IssuedAugust 4, 2015
Expiration dateApril 1, 2019
Issuing agencyState
AddressParadise, MI 49768
SubwatershedBowers Creek-Tahquamenon River (HUC 040202020507)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C210610June 30, 202393% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4742December 31, 20138% over the limit
pH2971May 31, 2025
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2980
Coliform, fecal general2980
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2670
Phosphorus, total [as P]2670
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1480
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
January 21, 2026Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2025Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 21, 2025Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2025Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 21, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 19, 2023Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
November 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
July 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 12, 2022Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
December 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 31, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 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
June 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MIG580373, held by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for MDNR-TAHQUAMENON FALLS SP WWSL in Paradise, MI, within subwatershed HUC 040202020507 (Bowers Creek-Tahquamenon River). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 22 pollutants on file, 22 under a numeric limit, 22 with a violation of any kind, and 3 with an effluent exceedance.