Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0000680
CELLU TISSUE CORPORATION NEENAH, Menasha, WI: NPDES WI0000680 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CELLU TISSUE CORPORATION NEENAH, held by Cellu Tissue Corporation Neenah, holds NPDES permit WI0000680, which discharges to Fox R. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 2013 and expiring March 31, 2018. 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 | CELLU TISSUE CORPORATION NEENAH |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Cellu Tissue Corporation Neenah |
| NPDES ID | WI0000680 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 1, 2013 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2018 |
| Address | Menasha, WI 54956 |
| Receiving water | FOX R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little Lake Butte des Mortes (HUC 040302040201) |
| SIC | 2621 – Paper Mills |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler WID006428684 |
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
- 15Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 14 | 1 | November 30, 1999 | |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 5 | 1 | July 31, 2021 | 16% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 33 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 0 | 2 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WI0000680.
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.