Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0003468
AMRIZE-PRESQUE ISLE, Presque Isle, MI: NPDES MI0003468 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 1Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
AMRIZE-PRESQUE ISLE, held by Lafarge, holds NPDES permit MI0003468, which discharges to Lake Huron. EPA’s file records it issued October 21, 2014 and expiring October 1, 2017. 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 | AMRIZE-PRESQUE ISLE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Lafarge |
| NPDES ID | MI0003468 |
| 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 | October 21, 2014 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2017 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Presque Isle, MI 49777 |
| Receiving water | Lake Huron |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Grand Lake Outlet-Frontal Lake Huron (HUC 040700030305) |
| NAICS | 212312 – Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying |
| SIC | 1422 – Crushed And Broken Limestone |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MID016707168; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000M1891 |
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
- 14Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 | 14 | 238 | 18 | June 30, 2009 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 24 | 337 | 9 | April 30, 2014 | 292% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 14 | 196 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 7 | 88 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 3 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 6 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Equipment inspection - visual | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Strontium, total [as Sr] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide, dissolved, [as S] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 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
- 15Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 29, 2026 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| July 29, 2026 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| February 18, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| July 18, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| July 18, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| July 18, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| July 18, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified Operator | ST6 |
| March 21, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| December 12, 2023 | WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to develop any or adequate SWPPP/SWMP | ST6 |
| April 25, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| April 21, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| April 26, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| April 26, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| September 28, 2020 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| July 3, 2019 | WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to develop any or adequate SWPPP/SWMP | ST6 |
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 29, 2026 | Evaluation | S |
Formal enforcement and penalties
0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.
Informal enforcement
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 18, 2026 | Letter of Violation/ Warning Letter | State |
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.