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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0025321

COOPER INDUSTRIES LLC-GWCU, Albion, MI: NPDES MI0025321 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

COOPER INDUSTRIES LLC-GWCU, held by Cooper Industries, LLC, holds NPDES permit MI0025321. EPA’s file records it issued July 15, 2016 and expiring October 1, 2020.

COOPER INDUSTRIES LLC-GWCU, Albion, Michigan: Individual permit MI0025321, held by Cooper Industries, LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 15, 2016, term to October 1, 2020, by State; Remediation Services.

  • Trichloroethylene: 1 limit, 98 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2012, largest 62% over the limit.
  • 1,2-cis-Dichloroethylene: 0 limits, 74 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 2 limits, 46 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 44 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • cis-1,2-Dichloroethene: 0 limits, 40 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Equipment inspection - visual: 1 limit, 24 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Outfall observation,visual, y/n response: 1 limit, 24 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Trichloroethene: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • December 20, 2023: Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation (ST6).
  • January 6, 2022: Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error (ST6).
  • June 21, 2019: Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs (ST6).
  • November 21, 2017: Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs (ST6).

COOPER INDUSTRIES LLC-GWCU among its neighbors

Its county holds 41, 1 of them major permits; MI0025321 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the county

  • ADIENT-BATTLE CREEK, Battle Creek: MIS111273, minor permit, discharging to Kalamazoo River, permit term to March 31, 2026
  • ALBION WWTP, Albion: MI0022161, major permit, discharging to Kalamazoo River, permit term to October 1, 2020
  • AMERICAN COLLOID CO, Albion: MIS110971, minor permit, discharging to Kalamazoo River, permit term to April 1, 2026
  • ANATECH LAB, Battle Creek: MIP000037, not classed
  • BATTLE CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Battle Creek: MIG250497, minor permit, discharging to BATTLE CREEK RIVER V PIPELINE/STORM, permit term to April 1, 2013
  • BATTLE CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Battle Creek: MIG250552, minor permit, discharging to Battle Creek River, permit term to April 1, 2028
  • BATTLE CREEK-DPW WTP, Battle Creek: MIG640215, minor permit, discharging to Battle Creek, permit term to April 1, 2020
  • BTA LLC, Battle Creek: MIS111958, minor permit, discharging to Kalamazoo River, permit term to April 1, 2026
  • BUCKEYE TERMINALS-MARSHALL, Marshall: MIG081115, minor permit, discharging to Talmadge Creek, permit term to April 1, 2025
  • C&C EXPANDED SANITARY LANDFILL, Marshall: MIS111968, minor permit, discharging to Battle Creek River, permit term to April 1, 2026

Identity

Facility as filedCOOPER INDUSTRIES LLC-GWCU
Permittee as filedCooper Industries, LLC
NPDES IDMI0025321
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 15, 2016
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2020
Issuing agencyState
AddressAlbion, MI 49224
NAICS562910 – Remediation Services
SIC1799 – Special Trade Contractors

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
Trichloroethylene1982August 31, 201262% over the limit
1,2-cis-Dichloroethylene0740
pH2460
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2440
cis-1,2-Dichloroethene0400
Equipment inspection - visual1240
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response1240
Trichloroethene100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
December 20, 2023Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
January 6, 2022Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
June 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
November 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MI0025321.

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 MI0025321.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MI0025321, held by Cooper Industries, LLC for the COOPER INDUSTRIES LLC-GWCU facility in Albion, MI, with its status shown as administratively continued and its discharger class as Minor. The page lists 8 pollutants on file, 6 of them under a numeric limit, 7 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.