Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SD0027987
VALLEY QUEEN CHEESE, INC, Milbank, SD: NPDES SD0027987 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VALLEY QUEEN CHEESE, INC, held by Valley Queen Cheese, Inc, holds NPDES permit SD0027987, which discharges to South Fork Whetstone River. EPA’s file records it issued November 30, 2005 and expiring March 31, 2009. 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 | VALLEY QUEEN CHEESE, INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Valley Queen Cheese, Inc |
| NPDES ID | SD0027987 |
| 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 | November 30, 2005 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2009 |
| Issuing agency | SDDENR |
| Address | Milbank, SD 57252 |
| Receiving water | SOUTH FORK WHETSTONE RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Lower South Fork Whetstone River (HUC 070200010705) |
| NAICS | 311513 – Cheese Manufacturing |
| SIC | 2022 – Cheese, Natural And Processed |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source SD0000004605101025 |
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
- 25Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 16 | 58 | 54 | January 31, 2025 | 2,067% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 4 | 47 | 45 | February 29, 2008 | 35% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 35 | 31 | July 31, 2022 | 145% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 16 | 25 | 21 | February 28, 2025 | 175% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 16 | 14 | September 30, 2011 | 8% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 13 | 10 | September 30, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 12 | 10 | May 31, 2013 | 29% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 6 | 4 | June 30, 2014 | 46% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 0 | 4 | 4 | March 31, 2022 | 125% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 5 | 3 | July 31, 2011 | 310% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 3 | 2 | July 31, 2022 | 4% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 4 | 4 | 1 | September 30, 2007 | 5% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Floating solids, waste or visible foam-visual | 1 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 21, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Reported Fish Kill | ST6 |
| July 21, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| July 21, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.