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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG010298

CARDINAL DAIRY-CAFO, Harbor Beach, MI: NPDES MIG010298 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CARDINAL DAIRY-CAFO, held by Cardinal Dairy, LLC, holds NPDES permit MIG010298. EPA’s file records it issued November 20, 2018 and expiring April 1, 2020. 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 filedCARDINAL DAIRY-CAFO
Permittee as filedCardinal Dairy, LLC
NPDES IDMIG010298
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
IssuedNovember 20, 2018
Expiration dateApril 1, 2020
Issuing agencyState
AddressHarbor Beach, MI 48411
SubwatershedSpring Creek-Frontal Lake Huron (HUC 040801040105)
NAICS112120 – Dairy Cattle and Milk Production
SIC0241 – Dairy Farms

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

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES MIG010298.

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
July 26, 2023WW CAFO - Management Practice Violations - Improper O&MST6
July 26, 2023Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
July 26, 2023Failure to ensure proper operations and maintenance of the storage facilityST6

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.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MIG010298 for CARDINAL DAIRY-CAFO in Harbor Beach, MI, held by Cardinal Dairy, LLC, which is administratively continued after its April 1, 2020 expiration date and lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The facility is a minor discharger in the Spring Creek-Frontal Lake Huron subwatershed (HUC 040801040105), with a status as of October 14, 2026.