Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0038482
TYSON FOODS, INC. - WALDRON, Waldron, AR: NPDES AR0038482 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TYSON FOODS, INC. - WALDRON holds NPDES permit AR0038482, which discharges to Trib,Poteau R,Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2010 and expiring September 30, 2015. 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. - WALDRON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TYSON FOODS, INC. - WALDRON |
| NPDES ID | AR0038482 |
| 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 | September 30, 2010 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2015 |
| Address | Waldron, AR 72958 |
| Receiving water | TRIB,POTEAU R,ARKANSAS R |
| NAICS | 311615 – Poultry Processing |
| SIC | 2015 – Poultry Slaughtering And Processing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source AR0000000512700001 |
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
- 26Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 12 | 54 | 54 | December 31, 2016 | 109% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 12 | 30 | 28 | May 31, 2025 | 459% over the limit |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 12 | 28 | 28 | November 30, 2015 | 68% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 14 | 13 | September 30, 2009 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 7 | 7 | March 31, 2013 | 8,213% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 7 | 7 | November 30, 1997 | 178% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 4 | 3 | November 30, 1996 | |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 3 | 3 | May 31, 2007 | 331% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 5 | 1 | February 28, 2015 | 15% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 5 | 1 | December 31, 1994 | 4% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 8 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 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 AR0038482.
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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