Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0048267
BUTTERBALL, LLC-OZARK TURKEY PROCESSING PLANT, Ozark, AR: NPDES AR0048267 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BUTTERBALL, LLC-OZARK TURKEY PROCESSING PLANT, held by BUTTERBALL, LLC - OZARK TURKEY PROCESSING PLANT, holds NPDES permit AR0048267, which discharges to Arkansas River. EPA’s file records it issued October 19, 2016 and expiring October 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 | BUTTERBALL, LLC-OZARK TURKEY PROCESSING PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BUTTERBALL, LLC - OZARK TURKEY PROCESSING PLANT |
| NPDES ID | AR0048267 |
| 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 | October 19, 2016 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2021 |
| Address | Ozark, AR 72949 |
| Receiving water | ARKANSAS RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Ozark Jola Taylor Lock and Dam-Arkansas River (HUC 111102010906) |
| NAICS | 311615 – Poultry Processing |
| SIC | 2015 – Poultry Slaughtering And Processing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ARD983268137; ICIS-AIR source AR0000000504700022 |
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
- 23Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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] | 4 | 39 | 34 | April 30, 2023 | 250% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 3 | 20 | 19 | July 31, 2026 | 6,150% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 20 | 16 | December 31, 2023 | 142% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 18 | 14 | June 30, 2022 | 233% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 10 | 6 | October 31, 2025 | 53% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 1 | April 30, 2014 | |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 1 | 1 | February 29, 2004 | 66% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 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 AR0048267.
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.