Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0054399
PIANO FACTORY-GRAND HAVEN, Grand Haven, MI: NPDES MI0054399 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PIANO FACTORY-GRAND HAVEN, held by Piano Factory, LLC, holds NPDES permit MI0054399, which discharges to Grand River. EPA’s file records it issued March 21, 2017 and expiring October 1, 2020. 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 | PIANO FACTORY-GRAND HAVEN |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Piano Factory, LLC |
| NPDES ID | MI0054399 |
| 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 | March 21, 2017 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Grand Haven, MI 49417 |
| Receiving water | Grand River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lloyd Bayou-Grand River (HUC 040500060712) |
| NAICS | 531120 – Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings [except Miniwarehouses] |
| SIC | 5812 – Eating Places |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetrachloroethylene | 1 | 27 | 5 | May 31, 2026 | 204% over the limit |
| Chloroform | 1 | 23 | 1 | May 31, 2016 | 73% over the limit |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | 1 | 22 | 1 | July 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-cis-Dichloroethylene | 1 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Trichloroethylene | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethene | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vinyl chloride | 0 | 1 | 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
- 9Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| April 1, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| September 4, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| September 4, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| February 21, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| October 21, 2019 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| August 16, 2017 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| August 16, 2017 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| May 27, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | 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.