Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0023400
LANSING WWTP, Lansing, MI: NPDES MI0023400 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 32Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LANSING WWTP, held by City of Lansing, holds NPDES permit MI0023400, which discharges to Grand River. EPA’s file records it issued January 30, 2020 and expiring October 1, 2022. 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 | LANSING WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Lansing |
| NPDES ID | MI0023400 |
| 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 | January 30, 2020 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Lansing, MI 48917 |
| Receiving water | Grand River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Herron Creek-Red Cedar River (HUC 040500040508) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, CSO, POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MID980619209 |
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
- 33Pollutants on file
- 32Under a numeric limit
- 29With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 6 | 79 | 13 | April 30, 2026 | 2,900% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 17 | 112 | 6 | July 31, 2025 | 95% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 16 | 65 | 5 | October 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 69 | 1 | December 31, 2022 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 72 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 54 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 4 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) | 4 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanesulfonate | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, choice of species | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Static 48 Hr Chronic Pimphales Promelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 24 Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 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
- 11Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 19, 2025 | Failure to enforce standards, local limits, and reporting requirements (>15% SNC SIU) (Level II) | ST6 |
| February 19, 2025 | Failure to issue/reissue control mechanisms to at least 90% of SIU/CIUs w/in 6 months (Level II) | ST6 |
| October 18, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| January 27, 2022 | Pretreatment - Failure to Enforce Against I/U | ST6 |
| January 27, 2022 | Failure to enforce standards, local limits, and reporting requirements (>15% SNC SIU) (Level II) | ST6 |
| April 1, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| January 1, 2018 | Pretreatment - Failure to Develop/Enforce Standards | ST6 |
| January 1, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| January 1, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| January 1, 2018 | Failure to enforce standards, local limits, and reporting requirements (>15% SNC SIU) (Level II) | ST6 |
| October 31, 2017 | 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.