Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0026140
TYSON FARMS INC, CARTHAGE PROCESSING PLANT, Carthage, MS: NPDES MS0026140 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TYSON FARMS INC, CARTHAGE PROCESSING PLANT holds NPDES permit MS0026140, which discharges to Pickens Creek Into Cobbs Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 21, 2021 and expiring March 31, 2026. 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 FARMS INC, CARTHAGE PROCESSING PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TYSON FARMS INC, CARTHAGE PROCESSING PLANT |
| NPDES ID | MS0026140 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 21, 2021 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Carthage, MS 39051 |
| Receiving water | PICKENS CREEK INTO COBBS CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Cobbs Creek (HUC 031800010707) |
| NAICS | 311615 – Poultry Processing |
| SIC | 2015 – Poultry Slaughtering And Processing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MSR000005785 |
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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 4 | 14 | 6 | April 30, 2015 | 151% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 12 | 6 | June 30, 2015 | 122% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 12 | 4 | December 31, 2022 | 117% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 6 | 2 | October 31, 2009 | 163% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 0 | 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 MS0026140.
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.