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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0021245

GRAND HAVEN-SPRING LAKE WWTP, Grand Haven, MI: NPDES MI0021245 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GRAND HAVEN-SPRING LAKE WWTP, held by Grand Haven-Spring Lake Sewer Authority, holds NPDES permit MI0021245. EPA’s file records it issued June 6, 2017 and expiring October 1, 2020. 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 filedGRAND HAVEN-SPRING LAKE WWTP
Permittee as filedGrand Haven-Spring Lake Sewer Authority
NPDES IDMI0021245
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 6, 2017
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2020
Issuing agencyState
AddressGrand Haven, MI 49417
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLloyd Bayou-Grand River (HUC 040500060712)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended873July 31, 2016110% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]442August 31, 201641% over the limit
pH242November 30, 2019
Chlorine, total residual032August 31, 2011426% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general231March 31, 20247% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]921July 31, 202331% over the limit
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]311September 30, 20180% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]6460
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]840
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant220
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal210
Solids, suspended percent removal210
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]110
Solids, total300
Arsenic, dry weight300
Selenium, dry weight300
Copper, dry weight300
Cadmium, dry weight300
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl300
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]300
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]300
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]300
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]300
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]300
Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K]300
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]300
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]200

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
February 21, 2025Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
August 24, 2023Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
July 2, 2023Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
December 5, 2021WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
December 5, 2021Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
September 24, 2020Pretreatment - Failure to Develop/Enforce StandardsST6
September 24, 2020Failure to enforce standards, local limits, and reporting requirements (>15% SNC SIU) (Level II)ST6
January 14, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 14, 2020Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
December 19, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
December 19, 2019Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
November 16, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
November 16, 2019Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
February 5, 2019Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
February 5, 2019Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
October 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 4, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 4, 2018Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
September 13, 2017WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 13, 2017Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
June 29, 2017Pretreatment - Failure to Enforce Against I/UST6
June 29, 2017Pretreatment - Failure to Develop/Enforce StandardsST6
June 29, 2017Failure to enforce standards, local limits, and reporting requirements (>15% SNC SIU) (Level II)ST6
February 24, 2017WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 24, 2017Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit MI0021245 for the GRAND HAVEN-SPRING LAKE WWTP in Grand Haven, MI, held by the Grand Haven-Spring Lake Sewer Authority, a Major Discharger class facility with its permit administratively continued. The page lists 26 pollutants under a numeric limit, 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 27 effluent limits and exceedances on file, with the permit's issuance and expiration dates as recorded in EPA's file. Receiving water is shown as 303(D) listed, in the Lloyd Bayou-Grand River subwatershed (HUC 040500060712).