Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0000728
GRAND HAVEN BL&P-J B SIMS, Grand Haven, MI: NPDES MI0000728 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GRAND HAVEN BL&P-J B SIMS holds NPDES permit MI0000728, which discharges to Grand River. EPA’s file records it issued June 14, 2006 and expiring October 1, 2010. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | GRAND HAVEN BL&P-J B SIMS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GRAND HAVEN BL&P-J B SIMS |
| NPDES ID | MI0000728 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 14, 2006 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2010 |
| Address | Grand Haven, MI 49417 |
| Receiving water | GRAND RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lloyd Bayou-Grand River (HUC 040500060712) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 | 8 | 135 | 23 | January 31, 2017 | 1,540% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 189 | 17 | August 31, 2020 | 330% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 3 | 168 | 14 | September 30, 2017 | 169% over the limit |
| Oxidants, total residual | 9 | 143 | 10 | September 30, 2019 | 4,900% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 94 | 10 | March 31, 2018 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 71 | 7 | December 31, 2012 | 251% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 33 | 5 | October 31, 2008 | 3,272% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 92 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide [A] | 0 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Total residual ooxidant-discharge time | 3 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 3 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, choice of species | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Thermal Discharge | 1 | 6 | 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
- 7Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 11, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| November 13, 2017 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| October 30, 2017 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| June 15, 2017 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| June 15, 2017 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| February 1, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| January 1, 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 September 14, 2026.