STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PUBLIC NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF A NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLAN AND INTENT TO ISSUE A WISCONSIN POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (WPDES) PERMIT No.WI-0066028-02-1 Permittee: Lake Breeze Dairy LLC, W2651 Kiel Rd, Malone, WI, 53049 Facility Where Discharge Occurs: Lake Breeze Dairy LLC, W2651 Kiel Road, Malone, WI Receiving Water And Location: Surface water and groundwater within the Lake Winnebago Watershed Brief Facility Description (please include annual avg discharge flow (unless not applicable, such as CAFOs) and for POTWs also include the design flow) : Lake Breeze Dairy LLC (Lake Breeze) is an existing Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) located at W2651 Keil Road, Town of Calumet, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Lake Breeze is owned and operated by the Breeze Dairy Group and consists of a main production site with four free stall barns, four waste storage facilities, a proposed leachate management pond, and an asphalt feed pad. The dairy has approximately 4000 milking/dry cows (5,600 animal units) with no proposed plans for expansion for the current permit term. Based on herd size, Lake Breeze has approximately 316 days of manure and process wastewater storage and 13, 096 acres approved in their nutrient management plan, of which 12,857 are available to receive manure. Lake Breeze requested a modification to its WPDES permit to accommodate the construction and use of a leachate management pond to satisfy permit requirements in Section 2.5 Feed Storage- Runoff Control System Improvements. In addition, waste storage facilities 1-4 are being relined to satisfy permit requirements in Section 2.6 Manure Storage Facility- Structural Repairs. New sample points and updated sample point language has been added to the permit for this modification. Only aspects of the modification action are subject to the public input process. This includes the addition of sample point 011 and update of sample points 001, 002, 003, and 004. The Department has tentatively decided that the above specified WPDES permit should be issued. Permit Drafter's Name, Address, Phone and Email: Jean Weaver, 1155 Pilgrim Road, Plymouth, WI, 53073, (920) 400-7014, jeanm.weaver@wisconsin.gov Persons wishing to comment on or object to the proposed permit action, the terms of the nutrient management plan, or the application, or to request a public informational hearing may write to the Department of Natural Resources at the permit drafter's address. All comments or suggestions received no later than 30 days after the publication date of this public notice will be considered along with other information on file in making a final decision regarding the permit. Anyone providing comments in response to this public notice will receive a notification of the Department's final decision when the permit is issued. Where designated as a reviewable surface water discharge permit, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is allowed up to 90 days to submit comments or objections regarding this permit determination. If no comments are received on the proposed permit from anyone, including U.S. EPA, the permit will be issued as proposed. The Department may schedule a public informational hearing if within 30 days of the public date of this notice, a request for a hearing is filed by any person. The Department shall schedule a public informational hearing if a petition requesting a hearing is received from USEPA or from 5 or more persons or if the Department determines there is significant public interest. Requests for a public informational hearing shall state the following: the name and address of the person(s) requesting the hearing; the interest in the proposed permit of the person(s) requesting the hearing; the reasons for the request; and the issues proposed to be considered at the hearing. Information on file for this permit action, including the draft permit and fact sheet (if required), the operation's nutrient management plan and application may be inspected and copied at the permit drafter's office, Monday through Friday (except holidays), between 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Please call the permit drafter for directions to their office location, if necessary. Information on this permit action may also be obtained by calling the permit drafter at (920) 400-7014 or by writing to the Department. Reasonable costs (15 cents per page for copies and 7 cents per page for scanning) will be charged for information in the file other than the public notice and fact sheet. Permit information is also available on the internet at: http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wastewater/PublicNotices.html . Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodation, including the provision of informational material in an alternative format, will be made to qualified individuals upon request. WNAXLP June 29 2026 LWIX0544479