Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0060607
WAPSIE VALLEY CREAMERY, INC., Independence, IA: NPDES IA0060607 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
WAPSIE VALLEY CREAMERY, INC. holds NPDES permit IA0060607. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2023 and expiring June 30, 2028. 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 | WAPSIE VALLEY CREAMERY, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WAPSIE VALLEY CREAMERY, INC. |
| NPDES ID | IA0060607 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 1, 2023 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2028 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Independence, IA 50644 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Malone Creek-Wapsipinicon River (HUC 070801020803) |
| NAICS | 311513 – Cheese Manufacturing |
| SIC | 2022 – Cheese, Natural And Processed |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source IA0000001901900012 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 5 | 1 | December 31, 2023 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 0 | 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 IA0060607.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0060607.
Formal enforcement and penalties
0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.
Informal enforcement
EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES IA0060607.
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 October 14, 2026.