Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0002003
SAPUTO CHEESE USA INC. WAUPUN, Waupun, WI: NPDES WI0002003 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SAPUTO CHEESE USA INC. WAUPUN, held by Saputo Cheese Waupun Facility, holds NPDES permit WI0002003, which discharges to Alto Cr. EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2010 and expiring March 31, 2015. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | SAPUTO CHEESE USA INC. WAUPUN |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Saputo Cheese Waupun Facility |
| NPDES ID | WI0002003 |
| 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 1, 2010 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2015 |
| Address | Waupun, WI 53963 |
| Receiving water | ALTO CR |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters South Branch Rock River (HUC 070900010201) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler WIR000110445 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 75 | 7 | February 28, 2026 | 31% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 73 | 5 | January 31, 2025 | 140% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 72 | 4 | December 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 80 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 2 | 34 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 17 | 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 WI0002003.
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 September 15, 2026.