Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0060085
EES COKE, River Rouge, MI: NPDES MI0060085 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EES COKE, held by EES Coke Battery, L.L.C., holds NPDES permit MI0060085, which discharges to Detroit River. EPA’s file records it issued October 3, 2018 and expiring October 1, 2022. 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 | EES COKE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | EES Coke Battery, L.L.C. |
| NPDES ID | MI0060085 |
| 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 3, 2018 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | River Rouge, MI 48209 |
| Receiving water | Detroit River |
| Subwatershed | Huntington Creek-Frontal Lake Erie (HUC 040900040503) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MIK498855683; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000P0408 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 16 | 16 | March 31, 2025 | 30% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 10 | 2 | January 31, 2024 | 46% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 6 | 2 | November 30, 2025 | 17% over the limit |
| Cyanide [A] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 1 | 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
- 15Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| June 29, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| June 2, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| March 1, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| February 27, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| September 8, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| July 3, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| January 22, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| December 31, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| March 2, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| November 3, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| February 14, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| January 1, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| December 21, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| December 13, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | 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 September 15, 2026.