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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG580400

BARAGA WWSL, Baraga, MI: NPDES MIG580400 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BARAGA WWSL, held by Village of Baraga, holds NPDES permit MIG580400, which discharges to Hazel Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 20, 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 filedBARAGA WWSL
Permittee as filedVillage of Baraga
NPDES IDMIG580400
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, 2019
Expiration dateApril 1, 2024
Issuing agencyState
AddressBaraga, MI 49908
Receiving waterHazel Creek
SubwatershedLittle Carp River-Frontal Keweenaw Bay (HUC 040201050601)
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
Phosphorus, total [as P]2345October 31, 202328% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4553October 31, 202520% over the limit
pH2531June 30, 2021
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2540
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2520
Coliform, fecal general2520
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2290
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1260
Solids, total330
Arsenic, dry weight330
Selenium, dry weight330
Copper, dry weight330
Cadmium, dry weight330
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl330
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]330
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]330
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]330
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]330
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]330
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]330
Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K]330
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]330

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
October 31, 2025Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
July 21, 2025Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 21, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
July 21, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 31, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 31, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
July 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
July 19, 2019Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
May 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 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 NPDES permit MIG580400, held by the Village of Baraga for the BARAGA WWSL publicly owned treatment works, which discharges to Hazel Creek in the Little Carp River-Frontal Keweenaw Bay subwatershed (HUC 040201050601). The permit is administratively continued, with 22 as its discharger class, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.