Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0020524
ZEELAND WWTP, Zeeland, MI: NPDES MI0020524 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ZEELAND WWTP, held by City of Zeeland, holds NPDES permit MI0020524, which discharges to Bosch And Hulst Drain. EPA’s file records it issued June 6, 2017 and expiring October 1, 2021. 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 | ZEELAND WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Zeeland |
| NPDES ID | MI0020524 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 6, 2017 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Zeeland, MI 49464 |
| Receiving water | Bosch and Hulst Drain |
| Subwatershed | Bosch and Hulst Drain (HUC 040500020405) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 34Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 19With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 16 | 15 | May 31, 2016 | 600% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 16 | 13 | 9 | May 31, 2020 | 355% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 3 | August 31, 2012 | 600% over the limit |
| Toxicity, choice of species | 1 | 2 | 2 | April 30, 2020 | 335% over the limit |
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 0 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2015 | 35% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 16 | 5 | 1 | May 31, 2020 | 25% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 6 | 3 | 1 | October 31, 2013 | 400% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 1 | February 29, 2016 | |
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide [A] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 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
- 16Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 27, 2025 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| February 27, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| December 31, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| April 15, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| December 31, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| July 15, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| August 14, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| August 14, 2020 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| December 31, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| November 13, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| April 26, 2018 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| April 26, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| April 26, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| November 14, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| October 31, 2017 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| October 31, 2017 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | 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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