Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG150045

PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION, Guntersville, AL: NPDES ALG150045 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION, held by Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, holds NPDES permit ALG150045. EPA’s file records it issued April 27, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022.

PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION, Guntersville, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG150045, held by Pilgrim's Pride Corporation; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued April 27, 2017, term to May 31, 2022; Other Animal Food Manufacturing.

Oil & Grease: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2021, largest 9% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 19 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 1 limit, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 1 limit, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Rainfall: 1 limit, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil and grease: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 1 limit, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Alabama holds 2,504 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 887 were issued before ALG150045. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation holds 5 permits in Alabama.

Other permits held by Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

GUNTERSVILLE PROCESSING PLANT, Guntersville: AL0082384, issued May 28, 2024
PILGRIM'S PRIDE PROCESSING PLANT (BOAZ), Boaz: ALG141148, issued August 25, 2023
TUSCUMBIA ALABAMA FEED MILL, Tuscumbia: ALG150040, issued May 15, 2017
PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION, Falkville: ALG150053, issued May 15, 2017

Coverages issued nearest ALG150045

April 26, 2017: KOCH FARMS OF ASHLAND-TALLADEGA FEED MILL, Talladega, ALG150134, held by Koch Farms of Ashland, LLC
April 26, 2017: ALBERTVILLE PLANT 3, Albertville, ALG150153, held by AlaTrade Foods, Inc.
April 26, 2017: ALATRADE FOODS, INC.- PHENIX CITY PLANT 4, Phenix City, ALG150156, held by AlaTrade Foods, Inc.
April 26, 2017: ALABAMA DIVISION POULTRY PROCESSING PLANT, Gadsden, ALG150157, held by Keystone Foods, LLC - Alabama Division Poultry Processing Plant
April 27, 2017: TYSON CHICKEN INC. - ALBERTVILLE FEED MILL, Albertville, ALG150014, held by Tyson Chicken, Inc. - Albertville Feed Mill
April 27, 2017: ALATRADE FOODS LLC - BOAZ PLANT 2, Boaz, ALG150155, held by AlaTrade Foods, Inc.
April 27, 2017: TUCKER MILLING, LLC, Guntersville, ALG150162, held by Tucker Milling, LLC
April 27, 2017: BIRMINGHAM HIDE AND TALLOW, INC., Huntsville, ALG150172, held by Birmingham Hide and Tallow, Inc.
April 28, 2017: WARRIOR ENERGY, Jasper, ALG340700, held by USA Energy Co. LLC dba Warrior Energy
May 1, 2017: GRAIN CRAFT, INC., Birmingham, ALG150149, held by Grain Craft, Inc.

PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 41 discharge permits in the Big Spring Creek subwatershed (HUC 060300010903), ALG150045 among them. Its county holds 229, 3 of them major permits; ALG150045 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Big Spring Creek subwatershed (HUC 060300010903)

431 HENRY LLC GUNTERSVILLE WAL, Guntersville: ALR16ECEV, not classed, permit term to October 15, 2010
4616 GILLEY STREET -GUNTERSVILLE, Guntersville: ALR10C5C4, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BRANNON RECYCLING, LLC, Blountsville: ALG180786, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2022
BROOKSVILLE BORROW PIT, Blountsville: ALR10C1YQ, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
C & C ASPHALT & READYMIX, LLC, Guntersville: ALG110572, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2027
C & C ASPHALT SEALING & STRIPING, INC., Guntersville: ALG020090, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2022
C.A. LANGFORD COMPANY, INC. -- CHERT PIT, Guntersville: ALG850191, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2022
CARGILL - GUNTERSVILLE PLANT, Guntersville: ALG150103, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2022
CARGILL - TEXACO TANK FARM, Guntersville: ALG150102, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2022
CHRIST REDEEMER CHURCH, Guntersville: ALR10C80A, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2031

Identity

Facility as filed	PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION
Permittee as filed	Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
NPDES ID	ALG150045
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Industrial stormwater
Issued	April 27, 2017
Expiration date	May 31, 2022
Address	Guntersville, AL 35976
Subwatershed	Big Spring Creek (HUC 060300010903)
NAICS	311119 – Other Animal Food Manufacturing
SIC	2048 – Prepared Feeds
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler ALR000024950; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000109500006

Effluent limits and exceedances

9Pollutants on file
8Under 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	1	2	1	December 31, 2021	9% over the limit
pH	2	19	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	1	10	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	1	9	0
Solids, total suspended	1	9	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	9	0
Rainfall	1	9	0
Oil and grease	0	8	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	1	7	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG150045.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ALG150045.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES ALG150045.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit ALG150045, held by Pilgrim's Pride Corporation in Guntersville, AL, which is listed as administratively continued with a Minor Discharger class of 8. The page lists 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, with the permit recorded as issued April 27, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022.