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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0003859

TRANE TECHNOLOGIES GWCU, Battle Creek, MI: NPDES MI0003859 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TRANE TECHNOLOGIES GWCU, held by Ingersoll-Rand Company, holds NPDES permit MI0003859. EPA’s file records it issued December 2, 2016 and expiring October 1, 2020. 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 filedTRANE TECHNOLOGIES GWCU
Permittee as filedIngersoll-Rand Company
NPDES IDMI0003859
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 2, 2016
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2020
Issuing agencyState
AddressBattle Creek, MI 49015
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHarts Lake-Kalamazoo River (HUC 040500030503)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
1,1-Dichloroethane1185October 31, 2024350% over the limit
Trichloroethylene1152October 31, 2024184% over the limit
Tetrachloroethylene1141October 31, 2024176% over the limit
1,1,1-Trichloroethane1141October 31, 2024175% over the limit
1,2-cis-Dichloroethylene0760
cis-1,2-Dichloroethene0400
pH2240
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2240
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response1160
1,1-Dichloroethylene1130
Equipment inspection - visual110

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
December 18, 2023Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
July 9, 2019Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
June 18, 2019Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
September 21, 2017Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
February 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6

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.