Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG640254
ESCANABA WTP, Escanaba, MI: NPDES MIG640254 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ESCANABA WTP, held by City of Escanaba Water Treatment Plant, holds NPDES permit MIG640254, which discharges to Lake Michigan. EPA’s file records it issued May 19, 2015 and expiring April 1, 2020. 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 filed | ESCANABA WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Escanaba Water Treatment Plant |
| NPDES ID | MIG640254 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 19, 2015 |
| Expiration date | April 1, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Escanaba, MI 49829 |
| Receiving water | Lake Michigan |
| Subwatershed | Portage Creek-Frontal Little Bay De Noc (HUC 040301110210) |
| NAICS | 221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems |
| SIC | 4941 – Water Supply |
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
- 6Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 0With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 172 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 172 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination duration | 1 | 90 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 1 | 86 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 8 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MIG640254.
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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 21, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| July 21, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| May 21, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| March 21, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| February 21, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| December 21, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
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 October 14, 2026.