Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0002089
SANDERSON FARMS LLC, COLLINS PROCESSING, Collins, MS: NPDES MS0002089 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SANDERSON FARMS LLC, COLLINS PROCESSING, held by Sanderson Farms LLC, Collins Processing, holds NPDES permit MS0002089, which discharges to Okatoma Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 14, 2020 and expiring July 31, 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 | SANDERSON FARMS LLC, COLLINS PROCESSING |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Sanderson Farms LLC, Collins Processing |
| NPDES ID | MS0002089 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 14, 2020 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Collins, MS 39428 |
| Receiving water | OKATOMA CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Blakely Creek-Okatoma Creek (HUC 031700040704) |
| NAICS | 311615 – Poultry Processing |
| SIC | 2015 – Poultry Slaughtering And Processing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source MS0000002803100003 |
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
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 9 | 7 | September 30, 2025 | 16,650% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 6 | 4 | August 31, 2013 | 17% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 4 | 2 | February 28, 2011 | 193% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 2 | February 28, 2011 | 550% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 3 | 1 | January 31, 2026 | 2% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2025 | 19% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 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 MS0002089.
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.