Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0042455
TYSON POULTRY, INC. RIVER VALLEY INGREDIENTS, Scranton, AR: NPDES AR0042455 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TYSON POULTRY, INC. RIVER VALLEY INGREDIENTS, held by Tyson Poultry, Inc. - River Valley Ingredients, holds NPDES permit AR0042455, which discharges to Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued May 30, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022. 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. RIVER VALLEY INGREDIENTS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tyson Poultry, Inc. - River Valley Ingredients |
| NPDES ID | AR0042455 |
| 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 | May 30, 2017 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2022 |
| Address | Scranton, AR 72863 |
| Receiving water | ARKANSAS R |
| Subwatershed | Cane Creek-Arkansas River (HUC 111102020405) |
| NAICS | 311613 – Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| SIC | 2077 – Animal And Marine Fats And Oils |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ARD983268202 |
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
- 11Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 11 | 7 | June 30, 2011 | 78% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 11 | 5 | September 30, 2018 | 127% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 8 | 4 | June 30, 2011 | 193% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 15 | 3 | July 31, 2011 | 208% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 3 | 3 | 2 | June 30, 2011 | 210% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 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 AR0042455.
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.