Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0051276
ROTHENBUHLER CHEESEMAKERS, INC, Middlefield, OH: NPDES OH0051276 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ROTHENBUHLER CHEESEMAKERS, INC, held by Rothenbuhler & Son Inc, holds NPDES permit OH0051276, which discharges to East Tare Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 15, 2018 and expiring May 31, 2023. 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 | ROTHENBUHLER CHEESEMAKERS, INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Rothenbuhler & Son Inc |
| NPDES ID | OH0051276 |
| 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 | May 15, 2018 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2023 |
| Address | Middlefield, OH 44062 |
| Receiving water | East Tare Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Tare Creek-Cuyahoga River (HUC 041100020103) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 26Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 28 | 28 | February 28, 2026 | 655% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 10 | 10 | May 31, 2025 | 867% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 5 | 5 | February 29, 2012 | 124% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 10 | 12 | 4 | October 31, 2011 | 29% over the limit |
| Specific conductance | 9 | 12 | 3 | May 31, 2012 | 31% over the limit |
| Residue, tot fltrble [dried at 105 C] | 0 | 2 | 2 | October 31, 2009 | 132% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 6 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2024 | 0% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia in bottom deposits | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite plus nitrate in bottom deposits | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, total, in bottom deposits | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, in bottom deposits | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity [severity] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sludge weight, dry | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total, percent | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, volatile % of total solids | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sludge waste from secondary clarifiers | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES OH0051276.
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.