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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0121525

MILKY WAY DAIRY, Dublin, TX: NPDES TX0121525 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MILKY WAY DAIRY, held by VANDER HORST ENTERPISES LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0121525, which discharges to North Bosque River. EPA’s file records it issued June 4, 2021 and expiring June 4, 2026.

MILKY WAY DAIRY, Dublin, Texas: Individual permit TX0121525, held by VANDER HORST ENTERPISES LLC; Concentrated animal feeding operations; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 4, 2021, term to June 4, 2026; discharges to North Bosque River.

  • Conductivity: 0 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, nitrate dissolved: 0 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, dissolved: 0 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Calcium, dissolved [as Ca]: 0 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Magnesium, dissolved [as Mg]: 0 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Sodium, dissolved [as Na]: 0 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Potassium, dissolved [as K]: 0 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH, in soil: 0 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • June 26, 2026: Follow-Up (S).

Texas holds 44 Concentrated animal feeding operations coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 33 were issued before TX0121525.

Coverages issued nearest TX0121525

  • November 4, 2019: D & L DAIRY, Huckabay, TX0128422, held by LINDA SCHOUTEN
  • February 20, 2020: SOUTHWESTERN OTX REAL ESTATE SITE, Hico, TX0129755, held by SOUTHWESTERN OTX REAL ESTATE LLC
  • July 30, 2020: SOUTHLAND DAIRY, Dublin, TX0130907, held by BLUE SKY FARMS LLC
  • November 30, 2020: HILLSIDE DAIRY, Erath County, TX0130893, held by HILLSIDE DAIRY LLC
  • March 4, 2021: SHERWYN WOOD DAIRY, Stephenville, TX0129976, held by SHERWYN DALLAS WOOD & ANGELA BROWNY WOOD
  • June 7, 2021: JOHNSON DAIRY, Lingleville, TX0130737, held by KOKE, SONYA ANN+
  • June 25, 2021: OKEE DAIRY, Hico, TX0128619, held by KEUNING, OENE
  • June 29, 2021: KOSTER DAIRY, Comanche, TX0121584, held by JOHANNES KOSTER & DEBORAH MICHDLE KOSTER
  • May 12, 2022: KUIPER DAIRY, Erath County, TX0121649, held by KUIPER DAIRY, LLC
  • October 6, 2022: ARMAGH DAIRY, Dublin, TX0121452, held by ARMAGH DAIRY, LLC

MILKY WAY DAIRY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 8 discharge permits in the Alarm Creek subwatershed (HUC 120602040104), TX0121525 among them. Its county holds 165, 1 of them major permits; TX0121525 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Alarm Creek subwatershed (HUC 120602040104)

Identity

Facility as filedMILKY WAY DAIRY
Permittee as filedVANDER HORST ENTERPISES LLC
NPDES IDTX0121525
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
ProgramConcentrated animal feeding operations
IssuedJune 4, 2021
Expiration dateJune 4, 2026
AddressDublin, TX 76446
Receiving waterNorth Bosque River
SubwatershedAlarm Creek (HUC 120602040104)

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
Conductivity0200
Nitrogen, nitrate dissolved0200
Phosphorus, dissolved0200
Calcium, dissolved [as Ca]0200
Magnesium, dissolved [as Mg]0200
Sodium, dissolved [as Na]0200
Potassium, dissolved [as K]0200
pH, in soil0200

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TX0121525.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0121525.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 26, 2026Follow-UpS

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 TX0121525.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

The MILKY WAY DAIRY permit (NPDES ID TX0121525) is one of 56 CAFO permits in Erath County, and 73.2% of those permits carry an earlier issue date than this one. The permit has none of the pollutants on record with a numeric limit or an effluent exceedance, and it sits among 8 NPDES permits in the Alarm Creek subwatershed.