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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG580411

OVID-KINDERHOOK WWSL, Coldwater, MI: NPDES MIG580411 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

OVID-KINDERHOOK WWSL, held by Branch County Board of Public Utilities, holds NPDES permit MIG580411, which discharges to Hilton Drain. EPA’s file records it issued April 10, 2015 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 filedOVID-KINDERHOOK WWSL
Permittee as filedBranch County Board of Public Utilities
NPDES IDMIG580411
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
IssuedApril 10, 2015
Expiration dateApril 1, 2019
Issuing agencyState
AddressColdwater, MI 49036
Receiving waterHilton Drain
SubwatershedHeadwaters Prairie River (HUC 040500010701)
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 suspended4724October 31, 202238% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]2531May 31, 202420% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2680
pH2680
Coliform, fecal general2680
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2660
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2520
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1330
Solids, total3150
Arsenic, dry weight3150
Selenium, dry weight3150
Copper, dry weight3150
Cadmium, dry weight3150
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl3150
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3150
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3150
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3150
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3150
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]3150
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3150
Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K]3150
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]3150

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
April 21, 2026Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 29, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 21, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 21, 2024Reporting 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
April 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 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
October 31, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 31, 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
October 31, 2017Reporting 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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MIG580411 for OVID-KINDERHOOK WWSL in Coldwater, MI, held by Branch County Board of Public Utilities, which discharges to Hilton Drain in the Headwaters Prairie River subwatershed (HUC 040500010701). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a minor discharger class, 22 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.