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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG670283

BUCKEYE TERMINALS LLC - DETROIT METRO TERMINAL, Romulus, MI: NPDES MIG670283 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BUCKEYE TERMINALS LLC - DETROIT METRO TERMINAL, held by Buckeye Terminals, LLC, holds NPDES permit MIG670283, which discharges to Godfrey Drain. EPA’s file records it issued March 7, 2019 and expiring April 1, 2023. 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 filedBUCKEYE TERMINALS LLC - DETROIT METRO TERMINAL
Permittee as filedBuckeye Terminals, LLC
NPDES IDMIG670283
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
IssuedMarch 7, 2019
Expiration dateApril 1, 2023
Issuing agencyState
AddressRomulus, MI 48174
Receiving waterGodfrey Drain
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
NAICS424710 – Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals
SIC4613 – Refined Petroleum Pipelines

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
Ethylbenzene31440
Volume, total1510
Solids, total suspended330
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination300
Toluene300
Benzene300
Ethylbenzene300
Chlorine, total residual300
Xylenes [total], dry weight300
Flow rate200
pH200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
Oil & Grease100
Equipment inspection - visual100
Chlorination duration100
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MIG670283.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MIG670283.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MIG670283, held by Buckeye Terminals, LLC for BUCKEYE TERMINALS LLC - DETROIT METRO TERMINAL in Romulus, MI, which discharges to Godfrey Drain. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class of 16, zero pollutants under a numeric limit, and zero pollutants with an effluent exceedance.