Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GAP050185
TYSON FARMS, INC., Dawson, GA: NPDES GAP050185 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TYSON FARMS, INC., held by Tyson Farms, Inc., holds NPDES permit GAP050185. EPA’s file records it issued July 13, 2011 and expiring July 12, 2016. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | TYSON FARMS, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tyson Farms, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | GAP050185 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual industrial user permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 13, 2011 |
| Expiration date | July 12, 2016 |
| Address | Dawson, GA 39842 |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler GAR000035881 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 5Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 | 2 | 86 | 2 | January 31, 2016 | 405% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 84 | 2 | January 31, 2016 | 392% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 83 | 1 | July 31, 2018 | 23% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 84 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 82 | 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 GAP050185.
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 September 15, 2026.