Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0000574
CF INDUSTRIES NITROGEN LLC, Yazoo City, MS: NPDES MS0000574 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CF INDUSTRIES NITROGEN LLC holds NPDES permit MS0000574, which discharges to Yazoo River. EPA’s file records it issued May 16, 2019 and expiring April 30, 2024. 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 | CF INDUSTRIES NITROGEN LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CF INDUSTRIES NITROGEN LLC |
| NPDES ID | MS0000574 |
| 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 16, 2019 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Yazoo City, MS 39194 |
| Receiving water | YAZOO RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Lower Piney Creek (HUC 080302060705) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MSD008161432; ICIS-AIR source MS0000002816300010 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 | 4 | 46 | 32 | December 31, 2007 | |
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 4 | 16 | 10 | February 28, 2025 | 77% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 17 | 9 | September 30, 2013 | 225% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 14 | 6 | September 30, 2013 | 1,954% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 5 | 3 | December 31, 2016 | 7,400% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 7 | 1 | December 31, 2002 | 70% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 5 | 1 | March 31, 2025 | 10% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 22 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temp. diff. between up/down stream deg. F | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 10, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| September 10, 2024 | 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 September 15, 2026.