Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG080778
BUCKEYE TERMINALS-RIVER ROUGE, River Rouge, MI: NPDES MIG080778 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BUCKEYE TERMINALS-RIVER ROUGE, held by Buckeye Terminals LLC, holds NPDES permit MIG080778, which discharges to Rouge River. EPA’s file records it issued May 26, 2015 and expiring April 1, 2020. 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 filed | BUCKEYE TERMINALS-RIVER ROUGE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Buckeye Terminals LLC |
| NPDES ID | MIG080778 |
| 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 | May 26, 2015 |
| Expiration date | April 1, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | River Rouge, MI 48218 |
| Receiving water | Rouge River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Woodmere Cemetery-River Rouge (HUC 040900040407) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 4 | 93 | 5 | November 30, 2008 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 46 | 2 | October 31, 2008 | 100% over the limit |
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 5 | 257 | 1 | February 29, 2008 | 225% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 100 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 88 | 0 | ||
| Equipment inspection - visual | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE] | 1 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 0 | 33 | 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
- 7Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 21, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| January 21, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| April 21, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| June 21, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| October 21, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| July 26, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| July 26, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Chemical Handling | ST6 |
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.