Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0035912
CECO-LUDINGTON PUMPED STORAGE, Ludington, MI: NPDES MI0035912 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 3Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CECO-LUDINGTON PUMPED STORAGE, held by Consumers Energy Company, holds NPDES permit MI0035912, which discharges to Lake Michigan. EPA’s file records it issued December 20, 2013 and expiring October 1, 2016. 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 | CECO-LUDINGTON PUMPED STORAGE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Consumers Energy Company |
| NPDES ID | MI0035912 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 20, 2013 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2016 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Ludington, MI 49431 |
| Receiving water | Lake Michigan |
| Subwatershed | Cooper Creek-Frontal Lake Michigan (HUC 040601011002) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MIK385899513; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000P0068 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 3Pollutants on file
- 3Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 61 | 1 | February 29, 2008 | 20% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 16 | 945 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 8 | 474 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MI0035912.
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 September 15, 2026.