Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0082384
GUNTERSVILLE PROCESSING PLANT, Guntersville, AL: NPDES AL0082384 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GUNTERSVILLE PROCESSING PLANT, held by Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, holds NPDES permit AL0082384. EPA’s file records it issued May 28, 2024 and expiring June 30, 2029. 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 | GUNTERSVILLE PROCESSING PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation |
| NPDES ID | AL0082384 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 28, 2024 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2029 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Guntersville, AL 35976 |
| Subwatershed | Big Spring Creek (HUC 060300010903) |
| NAICS | 311615 – Poultry Processing |
| SIC | 2015 – Poultry Slaughtering And Processing |
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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 & Grease | 5 | 19 | 2 | March 31, 2017 | 63% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 21 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 5 | 21 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 5 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 17 | 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 AL0082384.
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.