ROTHENBUHLER CHEESEMAKERS, INC, Middlefield, OH: NPDES OH0051276 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ROTHENBUHLER CHEESEMAKERS, INC, Middlefield, Ohio: Individual permit OH0051276, held by Rothenbuhler & Son Inc; Administratively continued; issued May 15, 2018, term to May 31, 2023; discharges to East Tare Creek.

18 of the 26 pollutants listed for NPDES OH0051276 have no violation or effluent exceedance.

• Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 12 limits, 28 violations of any kind, 28 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2026, largest 655% over the limit.
• Phosphorus, total [as P]: 6 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2025, largest 867% over the limit.
• BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest February 29, 2012, largest 124% over the limit.
• Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 10 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2011, largest 29% over the limit.
• Specific conductance: 9 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2012, largest 31% over the limit.
• Residue, tot fltrble [dried at 105 C]: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2009, largest 132% over the limit.
• Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C: 6 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest October 31, 2024, largest 0% over the limit.
• Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 6 limits, 4 violations of any kind.
• pH: 10 limits.
• Solids, total suspended: 4 limits.
• Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 3 limits.
• Oil and grease, hexane extr method: 2 limits.
• Nitrogen, ammonia in bottom deposits: 2 limits.
• Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 2 limits.
• Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 2 limits.
• Nitrite plus nitrate in bottom deposits: 2 limits.
• Phosphorous, total, in bottom deposits: 2 limits.
• Potassium, in bottom deposits: 2 limits.
• Turbidity [severity]: 2 limits.
• E. coli, MTEC-MF: 2 limits.
• Sludge weight, dry: 2 limits.
• Solids, total, percent: 2 limits.
• Solids, volatile % of total solids: 2 limits.
• Sludge waste from secondary clarifiers: 2 limits.
• %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia: 2 limits.
• %Effect Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas: 2 limits.

ROTHENBUHLER CHEESEMAKERS, INC among its neighbors

10 discharge permits are in the Tare Creek-Cuyahoga River subwatershed (HUC 041100020103); OH0051276 is one. Its county: 93, 0 major; OH0051276 is minor permit.

Other permits in the Tare Creek-Cuyahoga River subwatershed (HUC 041100020103)

• BERKSHIRE INDUSTRIAL WWTP, Burton: OH0134767, minor, term to 2025-05-31
• BURTON WWTP, Burton: OH0021580, minor, term to 2023-02-28
• HERITAGE MARKETPLACE, Middlefield: OH0147575, minor, term to 2021-12-31
• HEXPOL COMPOUNDING - BURTON RUBBER PROCESSING, Burton: OH0063363, minor, term to 2023-10-31
• MADISON ROAD ENTERPRISE, Middlefield: OH0151748, minor, term to 2030-05-31
• MIDDLEFIELD PLASTICS, INC., Middlefield: OH0098141, minor, term to 2026-01-31
• MIDDLEFIELD WAREHOUSE, Middlefield: OH0052370, minor, term to 2025-09-30
• MIDDLEFIELD WWTP, Middlefield: OH0021181, minor, term to 2021-08-31
• TROYER WATER SYSTEM, Middlefield: OH0140783, minor, term to 2025-01-31