Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0001171
PCA-FILER CITY MILL, Filer City, MI: NPDES MI0001171 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PCA-FILER CITY MILL, held by Packaging Corporation of America, holds NPDES permit MI0001171, which discharges to Lake Michigan. EPA’s file records it issued September 28, 2009 and expiring October 1, 2013. 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 | PCA-FILER CITY MILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Packaging Corporation of America |
| NPDES ID | MI0001171 |
| 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 | September 28, 2009 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2013 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Filer City, MI 49634 |
| Receiving water | Lake Michigan |
| Subwatershed | Manistee Lake-Manistee River (HUC 040601030705) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 27 | 27 | April 30, 2026 | 636% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 268 | 26 | January 31, 2014 | 32,694% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 200 | 18 | January 31, 2014 | 35,105% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 6 | 277 | 15 | March 31, 2012 | 103% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 194 | 12 | April 30, 2010 | 4,970% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 73 | 11 | October 31, 2020 | 23,308% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 55 | 3 | May 31, 2016 | |
| .alpha.-Terpineol | 0 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2023 | 63% over the limit |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Oxidants, total residual | 3 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Total residual ooxidant-discharge time | 1 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide [A] | 2 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Chemi-mechanical pulp | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MI0001171.
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.