Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0003697
PILGRIMS PRIDE ENTERPRISE, Enterprise, AL: NPDES AL0003697 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PILGRIMS PRIDE ENTERPRISE, held by Pilgrims Pride Corporation, holds NPDES permit AL0003697. EPA’s file records it issued October 23, 2025 and expiring October 31, 2030. 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 | PILGRIMS PRIDE ENTERPRISE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Pilgrims Pride Corporation |
| NPDES ID | AL0003697 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 23, 2025 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2030 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Enterprise, AL 36330 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Blanket Creek-Double Bridges Creek (HUC 031402011102) |
| NAICS | 311615 – Poultry Processing |
| SIC | 2015 – Poultry Slaughtering And Processing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALR000021014; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000103100005 |
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
- 33Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 32With a violation of any kind
- 13With 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] | 9 | 127 | 97 | May 31, 2024 | 1,904% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 84 | 73 | December 31, 2021 | 912% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 66 | 45 | January 31, 2021 | 227% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 0 | 37 | 25 | March 31, 2013 | 169% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 27 | 15 | August 31, 2015 | 202% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 29 | 12 | October 31, 2013 | 1,400% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 30 | 9 | June 30, 2017 | 2,380% over the limit |
| E. coli | 9 | 15 | 7 | September 30, 2019 | 660% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 8 | 6 | April 30, 2025 | 309% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 5 | 4 | 4 | December 31, 2021 | 245% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 5 | 3 | June 30, 2025 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 13 | 1 | February 28, 2013 | 18% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 3 | 1 | March 31, 2024 | 17% over the limit |
| pH | 12 | 65 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 7 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite nitrogen, dissolved [as N] | 5 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 7 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Water level relative to mean sea level | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as NO3] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 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 AL0003697.
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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