Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0061611

PECO FARMS - GORDO HATCHERY, Gordo, AL: NPDES AL0061611 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
17Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

PECO FARMS - GORDO HATCHERY, held by Peco Farms Inc, holds NPDES permit AL0061611. EPA’s file records it issued August 31, 2023 and expiring August 31, 2028. 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	PECO FARMS - GORDO HATCHERY
Permittee as filed	Peco Farms Inc
NPDES ID	AL0061611
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	August 31, 2023
Expiration date	August 31, 2028
Issuing agency	State
Address	Gordo, AL 35466
Subwatershed	Upper Bear Creek (HUC 031601060405)
NAICS	112340 – Poultry Hatcheries
SIC	0254 – Poultry Hatcheries

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

Effluent limits and exceedances

21Pollutants on file
17Under a numeric limit
19With a violation of any kind
2With 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
Oil and grease	0	27	7	February 28, 2009	530% over the limit
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]	5	212	2	September 30, 2024	64% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	250	0
pH	8	243	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	7	213	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	6	210	0
Conductivity	5	210	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	5	210	0
Solids, total dissolved	5	210	0
Water level relative to mean sea level	5	210	0
Sulfate [as S]	0	210	0
Chloride [as Cl]	5	200	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	3	43	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	24	0
Oil & Grease	2	15	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	9	0
Solids, total suspended	1	5	0
Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia	0	5	0
E. coli	7	1	0
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	5	0	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	1	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 AL0061611.

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.

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit AL0061611 held by Peco Farms Inc for PECO FARMS - GORDO HATCHERY in Gordo, AL, showing the permit as Effective with a Minor discharger class, issued August 31, 2023 and expiring August 31, 2028. The page lists 21 pollutants on file, 17 under a numeric limit, 19 with a violation of any kind, and 2 with an effluent exceedance.