Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0047333

GENERAL SHALE BRICK, INC (PLANT 66) DBA MICHIGAN BRICK, Corunna, MI: NPDES MI0047333 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
5Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

GENERAL SHALE BRICK, INC (PLANT 66) DBA MICHIGAN BRICK, held by Meridan Brick LLC, holds NPDES permit MI0047333, which discharges to Coal Mine Drain. EPA’s file records it issued October 30, 2018 and expiring October 1, 2023. 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	GENERAL SHALE BRICK, INC (PLANT 66) DBA MICHIGAN BRICK
Permittee as filed	Meridan Brick LLC
NPDES ID	MI0047333
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	October 30, 2018
Expiration date	October 1, 2023
Issuing agency	State
Address	Corunna, MI 48817
Receiving water	Coal Mine Drain
Subwatershed	Osburn Drain-Shiawassee River (HUC 040802030206)
NAICS	327120 – Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing
SIC	1459 – Clay And Related Minerals
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler MID061860110; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000A6497

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

5Pollutants on file
5Under a numeric limit
4With a violation of any kind
2With 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
pH	4	226	3	September 30, 2017
Solids, total suspended	4	221	3	June 30, 2007	403% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	224	0
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response	2	112	0
Solids, total dissolved	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

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
December 21, 2023	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.

Watch this permit

One permit holder, $99/month. Watch the register for one permit holder and the places and receiving waters tied to its permits. Choose “One permit holder” and enter this permit’s NPDES ID, MI0047333.

Start the watch

How we handle your data → Privacy

EPA publishes a free Detailed Facility Report for every permit on ECHO: its compliance status quarter by quarter, its inspections, and its enforcement actions and penalties. EPA also sends free notices of new inspections and enforcement actions through ECHO Notify; enter NPDES ID MI0047333 there.

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MI0047333, held by Meridan Brick LLC for the Corunna, MI facility of GENERAL SHALE BRICK, INC (PLANT 66) DBA MICHIGAN BRICK, which discharges to Coal Mine Drain in the Osburn Drain-Shiawassee River watershed (HUC 040802030206). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a permit status of Minor Discharger class 5, 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.