Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0003018
FOREMOST FARMS USA CLAYTON, Clayton, WI: NPDES WI0003018 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FOREMOST FARMS USA CLAYTON, held by FOREMOST FARMS USA CLAYTON, holds NPDES permit WI0003018, which discharges to L Little Moon La. EPA’s file records it issued December 9, 2008 and expiring December 31, 2013. 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 | FOREMOST FARMS USA CLAYTON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FOREMOST FARMS USA CLAYTON |
| NPDES ID | WI0003018 |
| 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 | December 9, 2008 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2013 |
| Address | Clayton, WI 54004 |
| Receiving water | L LITTLE MOON LA |
| Subwatershed | Moon Creek-Turtle Creek (HUC 070500070603) |
| SIC | 2022 – Cheese, Natural And Processed |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler WID066894262 |
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
- 5Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 22 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WI0003018.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| February 19, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| October 1, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| May 21, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | 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.