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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MIG010279

VDS FARMS-S AVENUE-CAFO, Scotts, MI: NPDES MIG010279 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

VDS FARMS-S AVENUE-CAFO, held by Camille Vanpee, VDS Farms LLC - Scotts, holds NPDES permit MIG010279, which discharges to Sagamaw Lake. EPA’s file records it issued February 8, 2017 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 filedVDS FARMS-S AVENUE-CAFO
Permittee as filedCamille Vanpee, VDS Farms LLC - Scotts
NPDES IDMIG010279
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
IssuedFebruary 8, 2017
Expiration dateApril 1, 2020
Issuing agencyState
AddressScotts, MI 49088
Receiving waterSagamaw Lake
SubwatershedHeadwaters Portage River (HUC 040500010501)

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 MIG010279.

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 8, 2026Failure to maintain records necessary to show proper management of MLPWST6
September 25, 2025Failure to ensure proper operations and maintenance of the storage facilityST6
September 25, 2025Failure to submit the annual report within 30 days of applicable due dateST6
September 25, 2025Other noncompliance with permit requirements or applicable enforcement orderST6
January 14, 2025Failure to ensure proper operations and maintenance of the storage facilityST6
May 2, 2024WW CAFO - Improper/Incorrect reportingST6
May 2, 2024Failure to provide complete and accurate information (not related to annual report)ST6
August 30, 2022Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
September 11, 2020WW CAFO - Management Practice Violations - Improper O&MST6
September 11, 2020WW CAFO - Management Practice Violations - Improper Waste Management, excluding land applicationST6
September 11, 2020Failure to ensure proper operations and maintenance of the storage facilityST6
September 11, 2020Other noncompliance with permit requirements or applicable enforcement orderST6
March 2, 2017WW CAFO - Management Practice Violations - Improper O&MST6
March 2, 2017WW CAFO - Improper/Incorrect reportingST6
March 2, 2017Failure to provide complete and accurate information (not related to annual report)ST6
March 2, 2017Failure to ensure proper operations and maintenance of the storage facilityST6

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.