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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0004367

GUGGISBERG CHEESE, Millersburg, OH: NPDES OH0004367 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GUGGISBERG CHEESE, held by Guggisberg Cheese Inc, holds NPDES permit OH0004367, which discharges to Doughty Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 4, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedGUGGISBERG CHEESE
Permittee as filedGuggisberg Cheese Inc
NPDES IDOH0004367
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 4, 2020
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2025
AddressMillersburg, OH 44654
Receiving waterDoughty Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHeadwaters Doughty Creek (HUC 050400030802)

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
Solids, total suspended42828August 31, 200219,731% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]42828February 28, 202228,556% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]101010August 31, 2002673% over the limit
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.052February 28, 2002370% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]631July 31, 202664% over the limit
pH611September 30, 2009
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]311October 31, 20214% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. centigrade620
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant420
Turbidity [severity]220
Residue, tot fltrble [dried at 105 C]020
Chlorine, total residual010
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]600
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]600
Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C600
Sludge waste from secondary clarifiers400
E. coli, MTEC-MF200
Oil and grease, hexane extr method100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES OH0004367.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES OH0004367 for GUGGISBERG CHEESE in Millersburg, OH, held by Guggisberg Cheese Inc and discharging to Doughty Creek. The page lists 18 pollutants on file, 15 under a numeric limit, 12 with a violation of any kind, and 7 with an effluent exceedance.