Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0000175
MEAD JOHNSON NUTRITION, Zeeland, MI: NPDES MI0000175 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MEAD JOHNSON NUTRITION, held by (Unknown Permittee), holds NPDES permit MI0000175, which discharges to Brower Drain. EPA’s file records it issued January 27, 2014 and expiring October 1, 2016. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | MEAD JOHNSON NUTRITION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | (Unknown Permittee) |
| NPDES ID | MI0000175 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 27, 2014 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2016 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Zeeland, MI 49546 |
| Receiving water | Brower Drain |
| Subwatershed | Bosch and Hulst Drain (HUC 040500020405) |
| NAICS | 311514 – Dry, Condensed, and Evaporated Dairy Product Manufacturing |
| SIC | 2023 – Dry, Condensed, Evaporated Products |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MID006015960; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000A5858 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 40 | 3 | August 31, 2016 | 205% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 48 | 2 | February 28, 2026 | 40% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 34 | 2 | July 31, 2017 | 548% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 6 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 17 | 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
- 17Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 21, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| March 2, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| February 25, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| December 7, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| August 23, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| August 23, 2022 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
| July 15, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| June 13, 2022 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
| April 11, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| March 23, 2020 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
| October 9, 2019 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
| May 21, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| May 21, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| May 5, 2019 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
| September 10, 2018 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
| May 24, 2017 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| April 3, 2017 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | 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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