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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0059149

NOBEL FAMILY DAIRY LLC-CAFO, Gobles, MI: NPDES MI0059149 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NOBEL FAMILY DAIRY LLC-CAFO, held by Rob Nobel, holds NPDES permit MI0059149. EPA’s file records it issued September 19, 2014 and expiring September 30, 2019. 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 filedNOBEL FAMILY DAIRY LLC-CAFO
Permittee as filedRob Nobel
NPDES IDMI0059149
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 19, 2014
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2019
Issuing agencyState
AddressGobles, MI 49055
SubwatershedPine Creek (HUC 040500030903)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES MI0059149.

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 3, 2023WW CAFO - Management Practice Violations - Improper Waste Management, excluding land applicationST6
October 3, 2023WW CAFO - Management Practice Violations - Improper O&MST6
October 3, 2023WW CAFO - Management Practice Violations - Failure to Develop or Update NMPST6
October 3, 2023Other noncompliance with permit requirements or applicable enforcement orderST6
October 3, 2023Failure to ensure that clean water is diverted, as appropriate, from the production areaST6
October 3, 2023Failure to ensure proper operations and maintenance of the storage facilityST6
October 3, 2023Failure to Develop or Update NMPST6
April 1, 2020WW CAFO - Improper/Incorrect reportingST6
April 1, 2020WW CAFO - Management Practice Violations - Fail to Implemnt Land App BMPs,excluding buffers/setbacksST6
April 1, 2020Failure to submit the annual report within 30 days of applicable due dateST6
April 1, 2020Failure to provide complete and accurate information (not related to annual report)ST6
April 1, 2020Other noncompliance with permit requirements or applicable enforcement orderST6
April 1, 2019WW CAFO - Management Practice Violations - Fail to Implemnt Land App BMPs,excluding buffers/setbacksST6
April 1, 2019Failure to submit the annual report within 30 days of applicable due dateST6
April 1, 2019Other noncompliance with permit requirements or applicable enforcement orderST6
August 25, 2017WW CAFO - Management Practice Violations - Improper O&MST6
August 25, 2017Failure to ensure proper operations and maintenance of the storage facilityST6
April 2, 2017WW CAFO - Management Practice Violations - Fail to Implemnt Land App BMPs,excluding buffers/setbacksST6
April 2, 2017Failure to submit the annual report within 30 days of applicable due dateST6
April 2, 2017Other noncompliance with permit requirements or applicable enforcement orderST6

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.