Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIS320049
BENTON METAL RECYCLING, Benton Harbor, MI: NPDES MIS320049 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BENTON METAL RECYCLING, held by Benton Metal Recycling, holds NPDES permit MIS320049. EPA’s file records it issued February 15, 2019 and expiring April 1, 2023. 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 filed | BENTON METAL RECYCLING |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Benton Metal Recycling |
| NPDES ID | MIS320049 |
| 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 | February 15, 2019 |
| Expiration date | April 1, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Benton Harbor, MI 49022 |
| Subwatershed | Ox Creek-Paw Paw River (HUC 040500012509) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MIR000017137; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000B1501 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 0Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 0With a violation of any kind
- 0With an effluent exceedance
EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES MIS320049.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2022 | Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified Operator | ST6 |
| April 29, 2022 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| April 29, 2022 | WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to develop any or adequate SWPPP/SWMP | ST6 |
| April 29, 2022 | Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice Deficiencies | ST6 |
| April 29, 2022 | Failure to eliminate or relocate industrial stormwater outfalls from identified sensitive areas | ST6 |
| April 29, 2022 | Other noncompliance related to industrial stormwater discharges | 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 September 15, 2026.