Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0022853
EAST LANSING WRRF, East Lansing, MI: NPDES MI0022853 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EAST LANSING WRRF, held by City of East Lansing, holds NPDES permit MI0022853, which discharges to Red Cedar River. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2016 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 | EAST LANSING WRRF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of East Lansing |
| NPDES ID | MI0022853 |
| 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 | September 27, 2016 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | East Lansing, MI 48823 |
| Receiving water | Red Cedar River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Herron Creek-Red Cedar River (HUC 040500040508) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, CSO, POTW |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MIK182936308; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000B4150 |
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
- 29Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 29With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 172 | 28 | March 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 307 | 21 | January 31, 2014 | 3,052% over the limit |
| Cyanide [A] | 4 | 154 | 14 | August 31, 2008 | 212% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 298 | 12 | November 30, 2013 | 40% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 149 | 7 | August 31, 2016 | |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 24 | 297 | 5 | May 31, 2023 | 120% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 76 | 4 | March 31, 2019 | 36% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 12 | 209 | 3 | November 30, 2018 | 1,848% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 7 | 2 | July 31, 2015 | 497% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 12 | 412 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 152 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 4 | 137 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, choice of species | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 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
- 7Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 29, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| December 29, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| September 14, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| October 31, 2018 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| October 31, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| May 7, 2017 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| April 7, 2017 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | 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.