Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0072575
SANFORD PROCESSING PLANT, Sanford, NC: NPDES NC0072575 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SANFORD PROCESSING PLANT, held by Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, holds NPDES permit NC0072575. EPA’s file records it issued March 31, 2021 and expiring April 30, 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 | SANFORD PROCESSING PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation |
| NPDES ID | NC0072575 |
| 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 | March 31, 2021 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2026 |
| Address | Sanford, NC 27330 |
| Subwatershed | Barbecue Creek (HUC 030300040203) |
| NAICS | 311615 – Poultry Processing |
| SIC | 2015 – Poultry Slaughtering And Processing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler NCP042517072; ICIS-AIR source NC0000003705300142 |
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
- 15Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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, total [as N] | 2 | 135 | 36 | June 30, 2017 | 76% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 2 | 84 | 12 | August 31, 2017 | 2,900% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 107 | 11 | March 31, 2015 | 1,780% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 75 | 6 | October 31, 2008 | 1,136% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 74 | 5 | May 31, 2015 | 49% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 79 | 4 | July 31, 2022 | 88% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 73 | 4 | January 31, 2016 | 596% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 71 | 2 | February 28, 2015 | 69% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 47 | 1 | January 31, 2015 | |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 69 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NC0072575.
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.