Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0027618
FOREMOST FARMS USA CHILTON, Chilton, WI: NPDES WI0027618 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FOREMOST FARMS USA CHILTON, held by Foremost Farms USA Chilton, holds NPDES permit WI0027618, which discharges to Killsnake R And. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2012 and expiring September 30, 2017. 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 CHILTON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Foremost Farms USA Chilton |
| NPDES ID | WI0027618 |
| 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 | September 27, 2012 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2017 |
| Address | Chilton, WI 53014 |
| Receiving water | KILLSNAKE R AND |
| Subwatershed | City of Chilton-South Branch Manitowoc River (HUC 040301010404) |
| SIC | 2022 – Cheese, Natural And Processed |
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
- 10Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 10With 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 | 4 | 157 | 3 | November 30, 2019 | 83% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 40 | 2 | July 31, 2020 | 33% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 153 | 1 | November 30, 2017 | 30% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 39 | 1 | June 30, 2026 | 29% over the limit |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 174 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 168 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 76 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WI0027618.
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.