Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0048356
TYSON POULTRY, INC. DBA RIVER VALLEY INGREDIENTS, Texarkana, AR: NPDES AR0048356 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TYSON POULTRY, INC. DBA RIVER VALLEY INGREDIENTS, held by Tyson Poultry, Inc.-River Valley Ingredients, holds NPDES permit AR0048356, which discharges to Red R. EPA’s file records it issued February 19, 2021 and expiring February 28, 2026. 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. DBA RIVER VALLEY INGREDIENTS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tyson Poultry, Inc.-River Valley Ingredients |
| NPDES ID | AR0048356 |
| 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 | February 19, 2021 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2026 |
| Address | Texarkana, AR 71854 |
| Receiving water | Red R |
| Subwatershed | Red Chute (HUC 111402010203) |
| NAICS | 311613 – Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| SIC | 2077 – Animal And Marine Fats And Oils |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source AR0000000509100193 |
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
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 15 | 10 | July 31, 2023 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 17 | 9 | March 31, 2011 | 283% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 20 | 4 | July 31, 2025 | 64% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 12 | 2 | January 31, 2008 | 55% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 10 | 2 | August 31, 2016 | 273% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 4 | 1 | July 31, 2006 | 1% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 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 AR0048356.
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.