Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0115061
TYSON POULTRY - SEDALIA PROCESSING, Sedalia, MO: NPDES MO0115061 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 61Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TYSON POULTRY - SEDALIA PROCESSING, held by Tyson Poultry Inc., holds NPDES permit MO0115061, which discharges to Tributary To Trib. To L. Muddy Cr.. EPA’s file records it issued January 27, 2021 and expiring September 30, 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 | TYSON POULTRY - SEDALIA PROCESSING |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tyson Poultry Inc. |
| NPDES ID | MO0115061 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | January 27, 2021 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2025 |
| Address | Sedalia, MO 65301 |
| Receiving water | Tributary to Trib. to L. Muddy Cr. |
| Subwatershed | Little Muddy Creek (HUC 103001030404) |
| NAICS | 311615 – Poultry Processing |
| SIC | 2015 – Poultry Slaughtering And Processing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MOR000000364; ICIS-AIR source MO0000002915900037 |
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
- 62Pollutants on file
- 61Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 62 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 86 | 86 | September 30, 2016 | 606% over the limit |
| Temp. diff. between up/down stream deg. F | 2 | 54 | 54 | January 31, 2016 | 1,136% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 7 | 7 | June 30, 2025 | 7,400% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 8 | 5 | June 30, 2025 | 47% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 6 | 5 | 5 | August 31, 2025 | 4% over the limit |
| pH | 11 | 10 | 4 | September 30, 2020 | |
| E. coli | 6 | 5 | 2 | June 30, 2025 | 112% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 4 | 2 | July 31, 2024 | 30% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 6 | 1 | May 31, 2012 | 40% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 32 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2021 | 32% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2026 | 9% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 0 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2019 | 1,395% over the limit |
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Application rate area sprayed | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Application rate, rate/area sprayed | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Application rate, gallons spray irrigation | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total available, [sludge] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se] | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrate nitrogen, dry weight | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [TKN] [water] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total, percent | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lagoon freeboard | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sodium adsorption ratio | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tin, total [as Sn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 9, 2026 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| January 20, 2026 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| June 22, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| May 17, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| May 17, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| May 17, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
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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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