Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG010268
SAUPE FARMS-CAFO, Lake, MI: NPDES MIG010268 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SAUPE FARMS-CAFO, held by Mike Saupe, Saupe Farms, LLC, holds NPDES permit MIG010268. EPA’s file records it issued December 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 filed | SAUPE FARMS-CAFO |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Mike Saupe, Saupe Farms, LLC |
| NPDES ID | MIG010268 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 28, 2016 |
| Expiration date | April 1, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Lake, MI 48632 |
| Subwatershed | Big Cranberry Lake-North Branch Chippewa River (HUC 040802020101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 0Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 0With a violation of any kind
- 0With an effluent exceedance
EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES MIG010268.
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
- 14Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 7, 2023 | Failure to ensure proper operations and maintenance of the storage facility | ST6 |
| March 29, 2023 | Failure to Develop or Update NMP | ST6 |
| March 30, 2022 | Failure to submit the annual report within 30 days of applicable due date | ST6 |
| March 30, 2022 | Other noncompliance with permit requirements or applicable enforcement order | ST6 |
| December 28, 2021 | Failure to Develop or Update NMP | ST6 |
| July 15, 2021 | Failure to submit the annual report within 30 days of applicable due date | ST6 |
| July 15, 2021 | Other noncompliance with permit requirements or applicable enforcement order | ST6 |
| November 11, 2020 | WW CAFO - Management Practice Violations - Failure to Develop or Update NMP | ST6 |
| November 11, 2020 | Failure to Develop or Update NMP | ST6 |
| April 22, 2020 | WW CAFO - Management Practice Violations - Improper Waste Management, excluding land application | ST6 |
| April 22, 2020 | Other noncompliance with permit requirements or applicable enforcement order | ST6 |
| December 30, 2019 | WW CAFO - Management Practice Violations - Improper O&M | ST6 |
| December 30, 2019 | Failure to ensure proper operations and maintenance of the storage facility | ST6 |
| December 28, 2018 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | 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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