Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0020958
BAD AXE WWTP, Bad Axe, MI: NPDES MI0020958 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BAD AXE WWTP, held by Scott Boshart, City of Bad Axe, holds NPDES permit MI0020958. EPA’s file records it issued May 27, 2016 and expiring October 1, 2019. 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 | BAD AXE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Scott Boshart, City of Bad Axe |
| NPDES ID | MI0020958 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 27, 2016 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Bad Axe, MI 48413 |
| Subwatershed | Bad Axe Creek (HUC 040801030302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 26Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 26With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 16 | 266 | 34 | July 31, 2021 | 1,180% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 16 | 64 | 26 | September 30, 2025 | 600% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 6 | 30 | 12 | September 30, 2018 | 185% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 13 | 11 | July 31, 2022 | 703% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 50 | 4 | April 30, 2026 | 176% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 51 | 3 | April 30, 2013 | 75% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 24 | 1 | April 30, 2013 | 295% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 48 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 3 | 3 | 0 |
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
- 9Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 28, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| September 28, 2022 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| October 31, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| October 21, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| September 22, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Allow Entry | ST6 |
| September 22, 2020 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| August 1, 2020 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| March 31, 2020 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| September 24, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | 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.