Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0036714
TYSON POULTRY, INC. - DARDANELLE PROCESSING FACILITY, Dardanelle, AR: NPDES AR0036714 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TYSON POULTRY, INC. - DARDANELLE PROCESSING FACILITY, held by Tyson Poultry, Inc. Dardanelle Processing Plant, holds NPDES permit AR0036714, which discharges to Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued December 11, 2014 and expiring December 31, 2019. 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. - DARDANELLE PROCESSING FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tyson Poultry, Inc. Dardanelle Processing Plant |
| NPDES ID | AR0036714 |
| 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 | December 11, 2014 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality |
| Address | Dardanelle, AR 72834 |
| Receiving water | ARKANSAS R |
| Subwatershed | Whig Creek-Arkansas River (HUC 111102030302) |
| NAICS | 311615 – Poultry Processing |
| SIC | 2015 – Poultry Slaughtering And Processing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ARR000018085 |
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
- 17Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 16With 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 | 14 | 12 | June 30, 2003 | 289% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 11 | 5 | April 30, 2003 | 820% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 8 | 5 | September 30, 2004 | 167% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 5 | 5 | March 31, 2012 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 2004 | 19% over the limit |
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 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 AR0036714.
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.