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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIS111547

CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES, Saginaw, MI: NPDES MIS111547 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES, held by Caraustar dba Greif, holds NPDES permit MIS111547, which discharges to Gage Drain. EPA’s file records it issued November 4, 2021 and expiring April 1, 2026. 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.

What the register holds for CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Saginaw, Michigan, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MIS111547.

Identity

Facility as filedCARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES
Permittee as filedCaraustar dba Greif
NPDES IDMIS111547
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 4, 2021
Expiration dateApril 1, 2026
Issuing agencyState
AddressSaginaw, MI 48601
Receiving waterGage Drain
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCrow Island-Saginaw River (HUC 040802060201)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES MIS111547.

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 MIS111547.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

The CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES general permit coverage in Saginaw, Michigan (NPDES ID MIS111547) is one of 21 general permit coverages in Saginaw, and 71.4% of those 21, this one included, carry an earlier issue date than this permit. Among those 21 Saginaw general permit coverages, 33.3% have a violation on file, a share that this permit does not match, since it has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit also sits among 31 NPDES permits in the Crow Island-Saginaw River subwatershed, this one included.