Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ALG150157

ALABAMA DIVISION POULTRY PROCESSING PLANT, Gadsden, AL: NPDES ALG150157 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

ALABAMA DIVISION POULTRY PROCESSING PLANT, held by Keystone Foods, LLC - Alabama Division Poultry Processing Plant, holds NPDES permit ALG150157. EPA’s file records it issued April 26, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022.

ALABAMA DIVISION POULTRY PROCESSING PLANT, Gadsden, Alabama: Coverage under a general permit ALG150157, held by Keystone Foods, LLC - Alabama Division Poultry Processing Plant; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued April 26, 2017, term to May 31, 2022; Poultry Processing.

pH: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Rainfall: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil and grease: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

April 2, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Alabama holds 2,504 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 879 were issued before ALG150157.

Coverages issued nearest ALG150157

April 26, 2017: KOCH FOODS FEED MILL, Hope Hull, ALG150095, held by Koch Foods of Alabama, LLC
April 26, 2017: BANKS FEED MILL, Banks, ALG150126, held by Keystone Foods, LLC
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 27, 2017: TYSON CHICKEN INC. - ALBERTVILLE FEED MILL, Albertville, ALG150014, held by Tyson Chicken, Inc. - Albertville Feed Mill
April 27, 2017: PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION, Guntersville, ALG150045, held by Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
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.

ALABAMA DIVISION POULTRY PROCESSING PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 48 discharge permits in the Horton Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501060108), ALG150157 among them. Its county holds 195, 4 of them major permits; ALG150157 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Horton Creek subwatershed (HUC 031501060108)

#10-706 MCDONALD'S RAINBOW CITY (RENEWAL), Rainbow City: ALR10C84Q, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2031
AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL PARK SPOIL PILE, Gadsden: ALR169833, minor permit, permit term to May 21, 2012
ATTALLA WTP, Attalla: AL0067571, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2026
ATTALLA YARD, Attalla: ALG141165, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2027
AVERITT EXPRESS GADSDEN, Gadsden: ALNE00405, minor permit, permit term to May 14, 2028
BAR 1, Rainbow City: ALR10C3PP, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BASCO - STEELE STATION, Rainbow City: ALR10C4BB, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BEDWELL WHORTON CHERT PIT, Attalla: AL0068683, minor permit, permit term to October 8, 2019
CALCEAN MINERALS AND MATERIALS, LLC, Gadsden: ALG120810, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2022
CITY OF ATTALLA, Attalla: ALL057657, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025

Identity

Facility as filed	ALABAMA DIVISION POULTRY PROCESSING PLANT
Permittee as filed	Keystone Foods, LLC - Alabama Division Poultry Processing Plant
NPDES ID	ALG150157
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 26, 2017
Expiration date	May 31, 2022
Address	Gadsden, AL 35906
Subwatershed	Horton Creek (HUC 031501060108)
NAICS	311615 – Poultry Processing
SIC	2015 – Poultry Slaughtering And Processing
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler ALR000047308

Effluent limits and exceedances

9Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
0With 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
pH	2	2
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	1	2
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	1	2
Solids, total suspended	1	1
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	1	1
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	1
Rainfall	1	1
Oil and grease	0	1
Oil & Grease	1	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ALG150157.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ALG150157.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
April 2, 2026	Evaluation	S

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 ALG150157.

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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES ALG150157 for the Alabama Division Poultry Processing Plant in Gadsden, AL, held by Keystone Foods, LLC, under an administratively continued status and a minor discharger class of 8. The listed figures are 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.