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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NCG060126

SMITHFIELD FRESH MEATS - TAR HEEL PLANT, Tar Heel, NC: NPDES NCG060126 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SMITHFIELD FRESH MEATS - TAR HEEL PLANT, held by Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp, holds NPDES permit NCG060126. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2026.

SMITHFIELD FRESH MEATS - TAR HEEL PLANT, Tar Heel, North Carolina: Coverage under a general permit NCG060126, held by Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 1, 2021, term to June 30, 2026.

North Carolina holds 3,311 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 1,428 were issued before NCG060126. Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp holds 2 permits in North Carolina.

Other permits held by Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp

Coverages issued nearest NCG060126

SMITHFIELD FRESH MEATS - TAR HEEL PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 9 discharge permits in the Sasspan Branch-Boggy Branch subwatershed (HUC 030402060301), NCG060126 among them. Its county holds 14, 0 of them major permits; NCG060126 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Sasspan Branch-Boggy Branch subwatershed (HUC 030402060301)

What the register holds for SMITHFIELD FRESH MEATS - TAR HEEL PLANT: 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 NCG060126.

Identity

Facility as filedSMITHFIELD FRESH MEATS - TAR HEEL PLANT
Permittee as filedSmithfield Fresh Meats Corp
NPDES IDNCG060126
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedJuly 1, 2021
Expiration dateJune 30, 2026
AddressTar Heel, NC 28392
SubwatershedSasspan Branch-Boggy Branch (HUC 030402060301)
SIC2011 – Meat Packing Plants
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler NCR000149666; ICIS-AIR source NC0000003700900055

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES NCG060126.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NCG060126.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NCG060126.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES NCG060126.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

The SMITHFIELD FRESH MEATS - TAR HEEL PLANT storm water industrial permit sits among 9 storm water industrial permits in Bladen County, and 22.2% of those 9 carry a violation on file. The permit has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no effluent exceedances, both recorded as 0.