Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0001732
GRAF CREAMERY, Zachow, WI: NPDES WI0001732 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GRAF CREAMERY, held by Graf Creamery, holds NPDES permit WI0001732, which discharges to Pensaukee Cr And. EPA’s file records it issued June 18, 2013 and expiring June 30, 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 | GRAF CREAMERY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Graf Creamery |
| NPDES ID | WI0001732 |
| 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 | June 18, 2013 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2018 |
| Address | Zachow, WI 54107 |
| Receiving water | PENSAUKEE CR AND |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Pensaukee River (HUC 040301030101) |
| SIC | 2021 – Creamery Butter |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 21 | 9 | August 31, 2022 | 173% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 324 | 2 | January 31, 2019 | 77% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 322 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | 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.