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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG580394

BIRCH FOREST MHP WWSL, Birch Run, MI: NPDES MIG580394 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BIRCH FOREST MHP WWSL, held by Maple Dort Associates LLC, holds NPDES permit MIG580394, which discharges to Hicks Drain. EPA’s file records it issued January 7, 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 filedBIRCH FOREST MHP WWSL
Permittee as filedMaple Dort Associates LLC
NPDES IDMIG580394
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
IssuedJanuary 7, 2020
Expiration dateApril 1, 2024
Issuing agencyState
AddressBirch Run, MI 48415
Receiving waterHicks Drain
SubwatershedBirch Run (HUC 040802030409)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC6515 – Mobile Home Site Operators

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 suspended4404November 30, 202478% over the limit
pH2382May 31, 2022
Coliform, fecal general2371October 31, 202577% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1191May 31, 202393% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2360
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2360
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2190
Phosphorus, total [as P]2190
Solids, total3120
Arsenic, dry weight3120
Selenium, dry weight3120
Copper, dry weight3120
Cadmium, dry weight3120
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl3120
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3120
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3120
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3120
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3120
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]3120
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3120
Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K]3120
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]3120

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 14, 2025Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
August 6, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
July 30, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
January 21, 2025Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 18, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
January 21, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 8, 2023Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
November 8, 2023Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 31, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 31, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 31, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 31, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
August 15, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 31, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
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 MIG580394 for BIRCH FOREST MHP WWSL in Birch Run, MI, held by Maple Dort Associates LLC, which discharges to Hicks Drain within the Birch Run subwatershed (HUC 040802030409). The page lists a permit status of Administratively continued, a minor discharger class, 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 22 pollutants under a numeric limit.