Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0037184
FORTENBERRYS MEAT PLANT, Walthall County, MS: NPDES MS0037184 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FORTENBERRYS MEAT PLANT, held by JOHN FORTENBERRYS MEAT PLANT LLC, holds NPDES permit MS0037184, which discharges to Pushepatapa Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 25, 2019 and expiring October 31, 2024. 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 | FORTENBERRYS MEAT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | JOHN FORTENBERRYS MEAT PLANT LLC |
| NPDES ID | MS0037184 |
| 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 |
| Issued | November 25, 2019 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Walthall County, MS 39478 |
| Receiving water | PUSHEPATAPA CREEK |
| Subwatershed | East Fork Pushepatapa Creek (HUC 031800040502) |
| NAICS | 311611 – Animal [Except Poultry] Slaughtering |
| SIC | 2011 – Meat Packing Plants |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total production - mass | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MS0037184.
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 MS0037184.
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.