Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0003018
TYSON POULTRY, INC.- GRANNIS PROCESSING FACILITY, Grannis, AR: NPDES AR0003018 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TYSON POULTRY, INC.- GRANNIS PROCESSING FACILITY, held by TYSON POULTRY, INC. - GRANNIS PROCESSING FACILITY, holds NPDES permit AR0003018, which discharges to Trib,Rolling Fork R,Little R,Red R. EPA’s file records it issued April 18, 2016 and expiring May 31, 2021. 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 | TYSON POULTRY, INC.- GRANNIS PROCESSING FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TYSON POULTRY, INC. - GRANNIS PROCESSING FACILITY |
| NPDES ID | AR0003018 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 18, 2016 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2021 |
| Address | Grannis, AR 71953 |
| Receiving water | TRIB,ROLLING FORK R,LITTLE R,RED R |
| Subwatershed | Rolling Fork (HUC 111401090203) |
| NAICS | 311615 – Poultry Processing |
| SIC | 2015 – Poultry Slaughtering And Processing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ARD983287731 |
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
- 28Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 28With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 76 | 16 | February 28, 2003 | 100% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 25 | 8 | October 31, 2002 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 67 | 7 | April 30, 2001 | 39% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 65 | 5 | July 31, 2001 | 113% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 61 | 1 | November 30, 2002 | 3,967% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia Dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 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 AR0003018.
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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