Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0003760
AMPI BLAIR CHEESE PLANT, Blair, WI: NPDES WI0003760 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AMPI BLAIR CHEESE PLANT, held by A M P I BLAIR CHEESE PLANT, holds NPDES permit WI0003760, which discharges to Tappen Coulee Cr. EPA’s file records it issued January 28, 2010 and expiring December 31, 2014. 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 | AMPI BLAIR CHEESE PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | A M P I BLAIR CHEESE PLANT |
| NPDES ID | WI0003760 |
| 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 | January 28, 2010 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2014 |
| Address | Blair, WI 54616 |
| Receiving water | TAPPEN COULEE CR |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lakes Coulee Creek-Trempealeau River (HUC 070400050207) |
| SIC | 2022 – Cheese, Natural And Processed |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler WIR000130708 |
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
- 8Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 111 | 15 | June 30, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 68 | 4 | April 30, 2022 | |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 36 | 4 | October 31, 2022 | 118% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 35 | 3 | June 30, 2022 | 115% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 96 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 32 | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2019 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| March 14, 2019 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| January 25, 2019 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| January 17, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | 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.