Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0023108
HOLLAND WWTP, Holland, MI: NPDES MI0023108 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 2Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
HOLLAND WWTP, held by City of Holland, holds NPDES permit MI0023108, which discharges to Lake Macatawa. EPA’s file records it issued May 31, 2019 and expiring October 1, 2023. 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 | HOLLAND WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Holland |
| NPDES ID | MI0023108 |
| 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 | May 31, 2019 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Holland, MI 49423 |
| Receiving water | Lake Macatawa |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower Macatawa River (HUC 040500020406) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 31Pollutants on file
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 29With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 | 4 | 112 | 8 | April 30, 2013 | 148% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 29 | 5 | May 31, 2018 | 25% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 60 | 4 | November 30, 2019 | 35% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 55 | 3 | April 30, 2016 | 22% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 31 | 2 | April 30, 2013 | 122% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 28 | 2 | July 31, 2017 | 2,084% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 57 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 6 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide [A] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 0 | 7 | 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 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanesulfonate | 4 | 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
- 23Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 6, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| May 16, 2025 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| March 11, 2025 | Failure to enforce standards, local limits, and reporting requirements (>15% SNC SIU) (Level II) | ST6 |
| August 8, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| August 8, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| April 11, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| October 5, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| September 10, 2020 | Pretreatment - Failure to Develop/Enforce Standards | ST6 |
| September 10, 2020 | Failure to enforce standards, local limits, and reporting requirements (>15% SNC SIU) (Level II) | ST6 |
| May 28, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 28, 2018 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| April 5, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| March 11, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 11, 2018 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| January 12, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| January 12, 2018 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| September 25, 2017 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| September 25, 2017 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| September 5, 2017 | WW SSO - Failure to report violation that may endanger public health 122.41(l)(7) | ST6 |
| September 5, 2017 | PR: Failure to submit noncompliance report - CSO, SSO, or Bypass [40 CFR 122.41(l)(6) & (m)(3)(ii)] | ST6 |
| September 4, 2017 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| September 4, 2017 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| July 27, 2017 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2026 | Reconnaissance without Sampling | S |
| February 17, 2026 | Reconnaissance without Sampling | 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
EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES MI0023108.
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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