Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0073784

SMITHFIELD HOG PRODUCTION DIVISION, Algona, IA: NPDES IA0073784 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
4Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

SMITHFIELD HOG PRODUCTION DIVISION, held by MURPHY-BROWN LLC DBA SMITHFIELD HOG PRODUCTION, holds NPDES permit IA0073784. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2020 and expiring July 31, 2025. 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	SMITHFIELD HOG PRODUCTION DIVISION
Permittee as filed	MURPHY-BROWN LLC DBA SMITHFIELD HOG PRODUCTION
NPDES ID	IA0073784
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	August 1, 2020
Expiration date	July 31, 2025
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Algona, IA 50511
Subwatershed	Fourmile Creek (HUC 071000030803)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	ICIS-AIR source IA0000001910900096

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
4Under a numeric limit
4With a violation of any kind
4With 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
pH	2	16	12	January 31, 2013
Solids, total suspended	4	14	10	January 31, 2026	120% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	0	8	2	August 31, 2015	376% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	48	5	1	August 31, 2021	31% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]	4	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 IA0073784.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IA0073784 for SMITHFIELD HOG PRODUCTION DIVISION in Algona, IA, held by MURPHY-BROWN LLC DBA SMITHFIELD HOG PRODUCTION, with a status of Effective and a Minor discharger class. The figures listed are 5 pollutants on file, 4 under a numeric limit, 4 with an effluent exceedance, and 4 with a violation of any kind. The subwatershed is Fourmile Creek (HUC 071000030803), and the permit issued August 1, 2020 and expires July 31, 2025.