Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0001503
MORTON SALT, Manistee, MI: NPDES MI0001503 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MORTON SALT, held by Morton Salt, Inc., holds NPDES permit MI0001503, which discharges to Manistee Lake. EPA’s file records it issued January 24, 2011 and expiring October 1, 2015. 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 | MORTON SALT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Morton Salt, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | MI0001503 |
| 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 24, 2011 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2015 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Manistee, MI 49660 |
| Receiving water | Manistee Lake |
| Subwatershed | Manistee Lake-Manistee River (HUC 040601030705) |
| NAICS | 311942 – Spice and Extract Manufacturing |
| SIC | 2899 – Chemical Preparations |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MID137657805; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000B1824 |
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
- 11Pollutants on file
- 8Under 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 | 6 | 75 | 5 | July 31, 2026 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 154 | 1 | December 31, 2003 | 29% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 39 | 1 | July 31, 2018 | 15% over the limit |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 136 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 136 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 126 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 8 | 71 | 0 | ||
| Thermal Discharge | 4 | 65 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 3 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Lithium, total [as Li] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 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
- 12Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2026 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| January 21, 2026 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| December 21, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| September 21, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| August 21, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| December 21, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| September 27, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| September 21, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| August 21, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| April 21, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| October 21, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| June 29, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified Operator | 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 October 14, 2026.