Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0001465
PILGRIM'S PRIDE PROCESSING PLANT, Live Oak, FL: NPDES FL0001465 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 17Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PILGRIM'S PRIDE PROCESSING PLANT, held by Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, holds NPDES permit FL0001465, which discharges to Suwannee R Class Iii Fresh Wbid 3422b. EPA’s file records it issued April 9, 2020 and expiring May 7, 2025. 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 | PILGRIM'S PRIDE PROCESSING PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation |
| NPDES ID | FL0001465 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 9, 2020 |
| Expiration date | May 7, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Live Oak, FL 32060 |
| Receiving water | Suwannee R Class III Fresh WBID 3422B |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Dempsey Lake (HUC 031102050101) |
| NAICS | 311615 – Poultry Processing |
| SIC | 2015 – Poultry Slaughtering And Processing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler FLD043865815; ICIS-AIR source FL0000001212100018 |
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
- 27Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 17With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 36 | 34 | February 28, 2018 | 321% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 9 | 17 | 14 | October 31, 2016 | 32% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 14 | 14 | July 31, 2019 | 120% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 27 | 12 | February 28, 2025 | 94% over the limit |
| Specific conductance | 3 | 12 | 12 | September 30, 2017 | 17% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 12 | 12 | April 30, 2010 | 621% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 8 | September 30, 2010 | 21% over the limit |
| Ammonia, unionized | 0 | 6 | 5 | June 30, 2018 | 7,443% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 5 | 5 | December 31, 2009 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 6 | 3 | 2 | February 28, 2018 | 272% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 3 | 2 | April 30, 2017 | 16% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 4 | 1 | June 30, 2018 | |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 3 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2023 | 25% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2007 | 700% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2005 | 99,999% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi | 0 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2003 | 5% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2009 | 25% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorophyll A | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 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 FL0001465.
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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