Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0054178
PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION- NATCHITOCHES PROCESSING PLANT, Natchitoches, LA: NPDES LA0054178 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 15Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION- NATCHITOCHES PROCESSING PLANT, held by Pilgrims Pride Corporation- Natchitoches Processing Plant, holds NPDES permit LA0054178, which discharges to 1023. EPA’s file records it issued May 28, 2014 and expiring June 30, 2019. 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 CORPORATION- NATCHITOCHES PROCESSING PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Pilgrims Pride Corporation- Natchitoches Processing Plant |
| NPDES ID | LA0054178 |
| 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 | May 28, 2014 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2019 |
| Address | Natchitoches, LA 71458 |
| Receiving water | 1023 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bayou Boulet De Canon-Old River (HUC 111402070403) |
| SIC | 2015 – Poultry Slaughtering And Processing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAR000047951; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002206900025 |
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
- 29Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 28With a violation of any kind
- 15With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubia | 2 | 62 | 46 | September 30, 2024 | 100% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 46 | 38 | December 31, 2012 | 366% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 28 | 20 | August 31, 2018 | 807% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 24 | 20 | January 31, 2026 | 131% over the limit |
| Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia | 8 | 30 | 18 | February 28, 2021 | 634% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 23 | 15 | March 31, 2019 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Whole effluent toxicity | 0 | 20 | 12 | June 30, 2013 | 100% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 10 | 10 | June 30, 2019 | 21% over the limit |
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas | 2 | 8 | 4 | September 30, 2022 | 45% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 4 | 4 | December 31, 2025 | 31% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 0 | 5 | 3 | September 30, 2022 | 536% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2022 | 150% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 11 | 1 | July 31, 2018 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 3 | 1 | October 31, 2007 | 36% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2020 | 371% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| September 14, 2023 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| May 10, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| December 1, 2021 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| December 1, 2020 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| September 19, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
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.