Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0215775
GREAT LAKES CHEESE OF NY, INC, Adams, NY: NPDES NY0215775 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GREAT LAKES CHEESE OF NY, INC holds NPDES permit NY0215775, which discharges to Sandy Ck. EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2017 and expiring January 31, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | GREAT LAKES CHEESE OF NY, INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GREAT LAKES CHEESE OF NY, INC |
| NPDES ID | NY0215775 |
| 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 | February 1, 2017 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Adams, NY 13605 |
| Receiving water | SANDY CK |
| Subwatershed | Sandy Creek (HUC 041401020305) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 12 | 116 | 111 | October 31, 2023 | 989% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, ultimate | 8 | 36 | 32 | August 31, 2020 | 373% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 12 | 28 | 20 | July 31, 2022 | 900% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 5 | 37 | 10 | June 30, 2025 | 40% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 14 | 9 | March 31, 2018 | 166,567% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 16 | 8 | December 31, 2025 | 242% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 2 | 15 | 6 | February 28, 2026 | 3% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 11 | 3 | June 30, 2018 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 10 | 2 | December 31, 2017 | 8% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2018 | 17% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 25, 2026 | Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation | ST6 |
| June 25, 2026 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.