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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG760046

WHIRLPOOL COMPASS FOUNTAIN, Saint Joseph, MI: NPDES MIG760046 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WHIRLPOOL COMPASS FOUNTAIN, held by City of St. Joseph, holds NPDES permit MIG760046, which discharges to St Joseph River. EPA’s file records it issued September 28, 2020 and expiring April 1, 2025. 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 filedWHIRLPOOL COMPASS FOUNTAIN
Permittee as filedCity of St. Joseph
NPDES IDMIG760046
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
IssuedSeptember 28, 2020
Expiration dateApril 1, 2025
Issuing agencyState
AddressSaint Joseph, MI 49085
Receiving waterSt Joseph River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBig Meadow Drain-Saint Joseph River (HUC 040500012608)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Chlorine, total residual2282July 31, 20192,005% over the limit
pH2260
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2220
Chlorination duration2220
Bromine, reported as the element1140
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response1130

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
June 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
September 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
August 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
March 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
February 21, 2022Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
August 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
July 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
June 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
February 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 21, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
September 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
August 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
February 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
July 21, 2019Reporting 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 NPDES permit MIG760046 for WHIRLPOOL COMPASS FOUNTAIN in Saint Joseph, MI, held by City of St. Joseph, with a permit status of Administratively continued and a discharger class of Minor. The page lists 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued September 28, 2020 and expiring April 1, 2025.