Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0002950
OMEGA PROTEIN, INC, Moss Point, MS: NPDES MS0002950 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
OMEGA PROTEIN, INC holds NPDES permit MS0002950, which discharges to Escatawpa River. EPA’s file records it issued December 10, 2014 and expiring November 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 | OMEGA PROTEIN, INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | OMEGA PROTEIN, INC |
| NPDES ID | MS0002950 |
| 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 | December 10, 2014 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Moss Point, MS 39563 |
| Receiving water | ESCATAWPA RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Beardslee Lake-Escatawpa River (HUC 031700080705) |
| NAICS | 311613 – Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| SIC | 2077 – Animal And Marine Fats And Oils |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MSR000106971; ICIS-AIR source MS0000002805900030 |
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
- 13Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 90 | 54 | May 31, 2026 | 190% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 70 | 30 | August 31, 2020 | 232% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 39 | 11 | October 31, 2023 | |
| Temp. difference, summer [deg. F] | 1 | 14 | 3 | September 30, 2023 | 220% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 50 | 2 | September 30, 2009 | 179% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 26 | 2 | September 30, 2014 | 100% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 22 | 1 | July 31, 2014 | 1% over the limit |
| Temp. difference, winter [deg. F] | 1 | 10 | 1 | June 30, 2010 | 100% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Total production - mass | 2 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 4 | 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 MS0002950.
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.