Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0026832
GOLDEN ROD BROILERS, Cullman, AL: NPDES AL0026832 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GOLDEN ROD BROILERS, held by Golden Rod Broilers Inc, holds NPDES permit AL0026832. EPA’s file records it issued August 26, 2014 and expiring August 31, 2019. 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 | GOLDEN ROD BROILERS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Golden Rod Broilers Inc |
| NPDES ID | AL0026832 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 26, 2014 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2019 |
| Address | Cullman, AL 35055 |
| Subwatershed | Broglen River (HUC 031601090106) |
| NAICS | 311615 – Poultry Processing |
| SIC | 2015 – Poultry Slaughtering And Processing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALR000016576 |
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
- 18Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 25 | 21 | July 31, 2026 | 55% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 24 | 20 | September 30, 2019 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 33 | 19 | November 30, 2019 | 120% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 16 | 12 | June 30, 2022 | 69,210% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 10 | 6 | July 31, 2024 | 308% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 8 | 4 | June 30, 2023 | 87% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 12 | 3 | June 30, 2024 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 10 | 2 | December 31, 2019 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 13 | 1 | May 31, 2013 | |
| E. coli | 4 | 6 | 1 | November 30, 2014 | 2% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 1 | August 31, 2000 | 30% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0026832.
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.