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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCC260829

SMITHFIELD TAR HEEL 3RD DIGESTER CONSTRUCTION, Tar Heel, NC: NPDES NCC260829 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SMITHFIELD TAR HEEL 3RD DIGESTER CONSTRUCTION, held by Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp., holds NPDES permit NCC260829. EPA’s file records it issued April 10, 2026 and expiring March 31, 2029. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

What the register holds for SMITHFIELD TAR HEEL 3RD DIGESTER CONSTRUCTION: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Tar Heel, North Carolina. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES NCC260829.

Identity

Facility as filedSMITHFIELD TAR HEEL 3RD DIGESTER CONSTRUCTION
Permittee as filedSmithfield Fresh Meats Corp.
NPDES IDNCC260829
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 10, 2026
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2029
AddressTar Heel, NC 28392
SubwatershedGoodman Swamp (HUC 030402030703)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES NCC260829.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NCC260829.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

The SMITHFIELD TAR HEEL 3RD DIGESTER CONSTRUCTION permit is one of 1 general permit coverages on EPA's NPDES register in Tar Heel, North Carolina, so it stands alone among that category in the town. It is also one of 1 NPDES permits in the Goodman Swamp subwatershed, the only one in that area, and it has 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.