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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIS111790

ACRA GRINDING CO, Sterling Heights, MI: NPDES MIS111790 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ACRA GRINDING CO, held by Acra Grinding, holds NPDES permit MIS111790, which discharges to Moore Drain. EPA’s file records it issued February 16, 2023 and expiring April 1, 2026. 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.

What the register holds for ACRA GRINDING CO: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Sterling Heights, Michigan, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MIS111790.

Identity

Facility as filedACRA GRINDING CO
Permittee as filedAcra Grinding
NPDES IDMIS111790
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 16, 2023
Expiration dateApril 1, 2026
Issuing agencyState
AddressSterling Heights, MI 48310
Receiving waterMoore Drain
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedPlum Brook (HUC 040900030204)
SIC3334 – Primary Aluminum

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

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES MIS111790.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MIS111790.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MIS111790.

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 MIS111790.

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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Nearby on the register

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

What this page shows

ACRA GRINDING CO, one of 35 general permit coverages in Sterling Heights, Michigan, sits among a group where 91.4% carry an earlier issue date than its February 16, 2023 issuance. It also shares the Plum Brook subwatershed with 41 NPDES permits, and it has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no effluent exceedances on record.