Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0021326
TYSON FOODS, INC. - HOPE PROCESSING PLANT, Hope, AR: NPDES AR0021326 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TYSON FOODS, INC. - HOPE PROCESSING PLANT holds NPDES permit AR0021326, which discharges to Trib,Caney Cr,Bois D'Arc Cr,Red R. EPA’s file records it issued August 17, 2016 and expiring September 30, 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 FOODS, INC. - HOPE PROCESSING PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TYSON FOODS, INC. - HOPE PROCESSING PLANT |
| NPDES ID | AR0021326 |
| 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 | August 17, 2016 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2021 |
| Address | Hope, AR 71801 |
| Receiving water | TRIB,CANEY CR,BOIS D'ARC CR,RED R |
| Subwatershed | Caney Creek-Bois d'Arc Creek (HUC 111402010102) |
| NAICS | 311615 – Poultry Processing |
| SIC | 2015 – Poultry Slaughtering And Processing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler AR0000096016; ICIS-AIR source AR0000000505700035 |
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
- 24Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 43 | 20 | January 31, 2010 | 213% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 41 | 18 | December 31, 2011 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 24 | 12 | May 31, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 31 | 11 | March 31, 2007 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 44 | 8 | March 31, 2007 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 23 | 3 | July 31, 2011 | 35% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 19 | 3 | May 31, 2007 | 2,772% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 9 | 1 | May 31, 2011 | |
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 90 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 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 AR0021326.
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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