Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0054127
MULLINS CHEESE INC, Knowlton Tn, WI: NPDES WI0054127 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MULLINS CHEESE INC holds NPDES permit WI0054127, which discharges to Upper Wisconsin. EPA’s file records it issued June 30, 2009 and expiring June 30, 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 | MULLINS CHEESE INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MULLINS CHEESE INC |
| NPDES ID | WI0054127 |
| 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 30, 2009 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2014 |
| Address | Knowlton Tn, WI |
| Receiving water | UPPER WISCONSIN |
| Subwatershed | Lake Dubay-Wisconsin River (HUC 070700021807) |
| SIC | 2022 – Cheese, Natural And Processed |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source WI0000005507319052 |
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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 9With 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 | 39 | 3 | February 28, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 14 | 2 | August 31, 2025 | 16% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 1 | 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 WI0054127.
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.