Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0005584
HUMBOLDT CREAMERY, Fernbridge, CA: NPDES CA0005584 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 135Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HUMBOLDT CREAMERY, held by FOSTER FARMS DAIRY dba HUMBOLDT CREAMERY, holds NPDES permit CA0005584, which discharges to Eel River. EPA’s file records it issued January 29, 2009 and expiring March 1, 2014. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | HUMBOLDT CREAMERY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FOSTER FARMS DAIRY dba HUMBOLDT CREAMERY |
| NPDES ID | CA0005584 |
| 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 | January 29, 2009 |
| Expiration date | March 1, 2014 |
| Address | Fernbridge, CA 95540 |
| Receiving water | EEL RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Strongs Creek-Eel River (HUC 180101051102) |
| SIC | 2026 – Fluid Milk |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 137Pollutants on file
- 135Under a numeric limit
- 133With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 137 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %Surv Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| %Surv Static 96Hr Acute Oncorhynchus Mykiss | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 4 Day Chronic Raphidocelis subcapitata (formerly Selenastrum capricornutum) | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphn. Dubia % Srv | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| %Surv Static Renewal 96Hr Oncorhynchus mykiss | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bromoform | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| .delta.-BHC | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Endosulfan sulfate | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| .beta.-Endosulfan | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-Endosulfan | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Endrin aldehyde | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Isophorone | 1 | 1 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES CA0005584.
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 CA0005584.
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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