Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0057849
LACKS ENTERPRISES INC-GWCU, Grand Rapids, MI: NPDES MI0057849 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LACKS ENTERPRISES INC-GWCU, held by Lacks Enterprises, Incorporated, holds NPDES permit MI0057849. EPA’s file records it issued September 16, 2010 and expiring October 1, 2014. 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 | LACKS ENTERPRISES INC-GWCU |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Lacks Enterprises, Incorporated |
| NPDES ID | MI0057849 |
| 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 | September 16, 2010 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2014 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Grand Rapids, MI 49546 |
| Subwatershed | Thornapple River (HUC 040500070408) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 83 | 13 | March 31, 2012 | 834% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 70 | 6 | September 30, 2006 | 558% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 1 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide [A] | 1 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Equipment inspection - visual | 1 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 1 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, choice of species | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 24 Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Static 48 Hr Chronic Pimphales Promelas | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| pH | 0 | 2 | 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 MI0057849.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.