Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0001449
BLOUNTSVILLE PROCESSING, Blountsville, AL: NPDES AL0001449 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BLOUNTSVILLE PROCESSING, held by Tyson Farms Inc, holds NPDES permit AL0001449. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2020 and expiring April 30, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BLOUNTSVILLE PROCESSING |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tyson Farms Inc |
| NPDES ID | AL0001449 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 1, 2020 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2025 |
| Address | Blountsville, AL 35031 |
| Subwatershed | Graves Creek (HUC 031601110202) |
| NAICS | 311119 – Other Animal Food Manufacturing |
| SIC | 2015 – Poultry Slaughtering And Processing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD000868513; ICIS-AIR source AL000000010090TF03 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 12 | 9 | March 31, 2020 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 11 | 23 | 7 | February 28, 2018 | 35% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 15 | 5 | December 31, 2022 | 247% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 7 | 15 | 5 | August 31, 2017 | 60% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 5 | 3 | March 31, 2004 | 35% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 17 | 2 | August 31, 2002 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 7 | 2 | August 31, 2006 | 12% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 6 | 2 | December 31, 2004 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 7 | 1 | June 30, 2006 | 13% over the limit |
| E. coli | 7 | 5 | 1 | September 30, 2022 | 16% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 5 | 1 | June 30, 2011 | 15% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 15 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 3 | 2 | 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 AL0001449.
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 October 14, 2026.