Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0136221
NATIONAL BEEF LEATHERS, St Joseph, MO: NPDES MO0136221 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NATIONAL BEEF LEATHERS, held by National Beef Leathers LLC, holds NPDES permit MO0136221, which discharges to Tributary To Missouri R.. EPA’s file records it issued June 19, 2018 and expiring June 30, 2023. 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 | NATIONAL BEEF LEATHERS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | National Beef Leathers LLC |
| NPDES ID | MO0136221 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | June 19, 2018 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2023 |
| Address | St Joseph, MO 64504 |
| Receiving water | Tributary to Missouri R. |
| Subwatershed | Roys Branch-Missouri River (HUC 102400110103) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MOD054084314; ICIS-AIR source MO0000002902100038 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 40 | 38 | March 31, 2025 | 4,660% over the limit |
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 2 | 32 | 32 | June 30, 2018 | 543% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 1 | 25 | 25 | June 30, 2018 | 1,208% over the limit |
| Iron, total recoverable | 1 | 23 | 23 | June 30, 2018 | 702% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 2 | 9 | 9 | September 30, 2016 | 234% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 9 | 9 | June 30, 2018 | 270% over the limit |
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 2 | 4 | 4 | September 30, 2017 | 194% over the limit |
| Total phenols | 1 | 4 | 4 | March 31, 2016 | 83% over the limit |
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 0 | 4 | 4 | March 31, 2015 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 7 | 3 | December 31, 2024 | |
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2018 | 91% over the limit |
| 4-Chloro-3-methylphenol | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation, monthly accumulation | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Storm water flow | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 26, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| September 29, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| June 23, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | 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 September 15, 2026.