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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG640215

BATTLE CREEK-DPW WTP, Battle Creek, MI: NPDES MIG640215 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BATTLE CREEK-DPW WTP, held by City of Battle Creek, holds NPDES permit MIG640215, which discharges to Battle Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 28, 2015 and expiring April 1, 2020. 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 filedBATTLE CREEK-DPW WTP
Permittee as filedCity of Battle Creek
NPDES IDMIG640215
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 28, 2015
Expiration dateApril 1, 2020
Issuing agencyState
AddressBattle Creek, MI 49014
Receiving waterBattle Creek
SubwatershedSpring Lakes-Battle Creek (HUC 040500030312)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MID980793806; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000N0832

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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 suspended21560
Iron, total [as Fe]21560
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant21560
Chlorination duration1860
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response1780
Chlorine, total residual0240
pH0120
Phosphorus, total [as P]0120

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MIG640215.

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 21, 2025Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
July 21, 2025Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2025Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
February 21, 2025Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 21, 2025Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
March 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
February 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
August 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
July 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
February 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 21, 2021Reporting 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MIG640215 for BATTLE CREEK-DPW WTP in Battle Creek, MI, held by City of Battle Creek and discharging to Battle Creek, with its status shown as administratively continued and its classification as a minor discharger. The page lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and gives the permit's issue and expiration dates as April 28, 2015 and April 1, 2020.