Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0004464
LANSING BWL-ECKERT STATION, Lansing, MI: NPDES MI0004464 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LANSING BWL-ECKERT STATION, held by Lansing Board of Water and Light Attention Ms. Cheryl Louden, holds NPDES permit MI0004464, which discharges to Grand River. EPA’s file records it issued May 3, 2016 and expiring October 1, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | LANSING BWL-ECKERT STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Lansing Board of Water and Light Attention Ms. Cheryl Louden |
| NPDES ID | MI0004464 |
| 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 | May 3, 2016 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Lansing, MI 48910 |
| Receiving water | Grand River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Carrier Creek-Grand River (HUC 040500040704) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MID000721696; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000B2647 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 33 | 29 | August 31, 2019 | 275% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 22 | 7 | 7 | January 31, 2022 | 343% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 27 | 6 | April 30, 2018 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 8 | 6 | August 31, 2015 | 321% over the limit |
| Oxidants, total residual | 6 | 8 | 2 | July 31, 2005 | 39% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 4 | 2 | April 30, 2020 | 53% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 14 | 13 | 1 | February 28, 2021 | 6% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 14 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total residual ooxidant-discharge time | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bromine, reported as the element | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 9, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| June 21, 2018 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| April 21, 2018 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | 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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