Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0003158
ST MARYS CEMENT - CHARLEVOIX, Charlevoix, MI: NPDES MI0003158 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 30Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ST MARYS CEMENT - CHARLEVOIX, held by St. Marys Cement U.S. LLC, holds NPDES permit MI0003158, which discharges to Lake Michigan. EPA’s file records it issued July 25, 2019 and expiring October 1, 2023. 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 | ST MARYS CEMENT - CHARLEVOIX |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | St. Marys Cement U.S. LLC |
| NPDES ID | MI0003158 |
| 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 | July 25, 2019 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Charlevoix, MI 49720 |
| Receiving water | Lake Michigan |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | McGeach Creek-Frontal Grand Traverse Bay (HUC 040601050701) |
| NAICS | 327310 – Cement Manufacturing |
| SIC | 1422 – Crushed And Broken Limestone |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MID065846032; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000B1559 |
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
- 31Pollutants on file
- 30Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 3 | 181 | 101 | June 30, 2015 | 167% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 67 | 21 | January 31, 2026 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 6 | 32 | 13 | September 30, 2017 | 2,426% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 49 | 10 | March 31, 2012 | 1,124% over the limit |
| Diesel range organics diesel, total, wtr | 0 | 9 | 9 | July 31, 2026 | 2,990% over the limit |
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 2 | 15 | 2 | January 31, 2019 | 1,150% over the limit |
| Benzene | 3 | 42 | 1 | January 31, 2019 | 900% over the limit |
| Naphthalene | 1 | 16 | 1 | January 31, 2019 | 3,680% over the limit |
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 84 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 12 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 14 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 5 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 5 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination duration | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Equipment inspection - visual | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lithium, total [as Li] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hydrogen sulfide | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide, dissolved, [as S] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| February 18, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| March 21, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| May 9, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| May 9, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| March 16, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| July 29, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| July 26, 2019 | 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.