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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG010260

A&R FARMS-CAFO, Fremont, MI: NPDES MIG010260 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

A&R FARMS-CAFO, held by Ron Folkema, A&R Farms, holds NPDES permit MIG010260. EPA’s file records it issued September 28, 2016 and expiring April 1, 2020. 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 filedA&R FARMS-CAFO
Permittee as filedRon Folkema, A&R Farms
NPDES IDMIG010260
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 28, 2016
Expiration dateApril 1, 2020
Issuing agencyState
AddressFremont, MI 49412
SubwatershedSkeel Creek-South Branch White River (HUC 040601010707)

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 MIG010260.

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
April 9, 2026Failure to ensure proper operations and maintenance of the storage facilityST6
April 9, 2026Failure to provide complete and accurate information (not related to annual report)ST6
July 10, 2024Failure to Develop or Update NMPST6
July 10, 2024Failure to provide complete and accurate information (not related to annual report)ST6
July 10, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
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, 2020Other noncompliance with permit requirements or applicable enforcement orderST6
January 1, 2020WW CAFO - Management Practice Violations - Improper O&MST6
January 1, 2020Failure to ensure proper operations and maintenance of the storage facilityST6
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

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.