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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0053767

DTE MICHIGAN POWER, LLC, Ludington, MI: NPDES MI0053767 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

DTE MICHIGAN POWER, LLC, held by (Unknown Permittee), holds NPDES permit MI0053767, which discharges to Pere Marquette River. EPA’s file records it issued October 31, 2018 and expiring October 1, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedDTE MICHIGAN POWER, LLC
Permittee as filed(Unknown Permittee)
NPDES IDMI0053767
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 31, 2018
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2023
Issuing agencyState
AddressLudington, MI 49431
Receiving waterPere Marquette River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedPere Marquette Lake-Pere Marquette River (HUC 040601010509)

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
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1604October 31, 2022100% over the limit
Oil and grease033November 30, 2002145% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual21761May 31, 2017526% over the limit
pH21131June 30, 2004
Chlorination duration2441February 28, 20231,100% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant83580
Mercury, total [as Hg]62470
Solids, total suspended62420
Oil & Grease62420
Phosphorus, total [as P]41160
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response1580
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit1570
Zinc, total [as Zn]0140
Molybdenum, total [as Mo]080
Copper, total [as Cu]060

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 MI0053767.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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 14, 2026.