Velarion Records
The Pay Desk is the free weekly executive pay briefing — one company at a time, every number traceable to a public filing.
You’ll confirm on The Pay Desk’s sign-up page.

Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG580381

SUNSET RIDGE MHC-PORTLAND TWP, Portland, MI: NPDES MIG580381 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SUNSET RIDGE MHC-PORTLAND TWP, held by Sun Communities Operating Limited Partnership, holds NPDES permit MIG580381, which discharges to Grand River. EPA’s file records it issued January 8, 2020 and expiring April 1, 2024. 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 filedSUNSET RIDGE MHC-PORTLAND TWP
Permittee as filedSun Communities Operating Limited Partnership
NPDES IDMIG580381
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
IssuedJanuary 8, 2020
Expiration dateApril 1, 2024
Issuing agencyState
AddressPortland, MI 48875
Receiving waterGrand River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCryderman Lake Drain-Grand River (HUC 040500040709)

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
Coliform, fecal general2259April 30, 2025179% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2248May 31, 2022515% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4237November 30, 2020226% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2180
pH2160
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]290
Phosphorus, total [as P]290
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]180
Solids, total330
Arsenic, dry weight330
Selenium, dry weight330
Copper, dry weight330
Cadmium, dry weight330
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl330
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]330
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]330
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]330
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]330
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]330
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]330
Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K]330
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]330

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 21, 2023Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 15, 2023Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
April 17, 2023Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
March 13, 2023Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
October 21, 2022Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
April 22, 2021Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 26, 2019Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
April 26, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 21, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
October 31, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
July 2, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 2, 2018Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
October 31, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6

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.

Watch this permit

One permit holder, $99/month. Watch the register for one permit holder and the places and receiving waters tied to its permits. Choose “One permit holder” and enter this permit’s NPDES ID, MIG580381.

Start the watch

How often?
  • One permit holder — $99/month
  • One watershed — $2,990/year
  • One state — $4,990/year
  • The whole register — $18,000/year

How we handle your data → Privacy

EPA publishes a free Detailed Facility Report for every permit on ECHO: its compliance status quarter by quarter, its inspections, and its enforcement actions and penalties. EPA also sends free notices of new inspections and enforcement actions through ECHO Notify; enter NPDES ID MIG580381 there.

Nearby on the register

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