Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OK0000795
TYSON POULTRY, INC-BROKEN BOW, Broken Bow, OK: NPDES OK0000795 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 32Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TYSON POULTRY, INC-BROKEN BOW, held by Tyson Foods, Inc.- Broken Bow, holds NPDES permit OK0000795, which discharges to Ok410200010200_00 Little River. EPA’s file records it issued January 15, 2020 and expiring January 31, 2025. 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 POULTRY, INC-BROKEN BOW |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tyson Foods, Inc.- Broken Bow |
| NPDES ID | OK0000795 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 15, 2020 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | OKDEQ |
| Address | Broken Bow, OK 74728 |
| Receiving water | OK410200010200_00 Little River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lukfata Creek-Little River (HUC 111401070404) |
| NAICS | 311615 – Poultry Processing |
| SIC | 2015 – Poultry Slaughtering And Processing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler OKR000021014; ICIS-AIR source OK0000004008900002 |
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
- 33Pollutants on file
- 32Under a numeric limit
- 31With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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] | 11 | 27 | 4 | April 30, 2018 | 67% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 4 | 23 | 3 | February 29, 2020 | 10% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 22 | 2 | February 28, 2015 | 12% over the limit |
| Phosphorous, total organic [as P] | 4 | 22 | 2 | July 31, 2022 | 10% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 2012 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 21 | 1 | November 30, 2015 | 8% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 21 | 1 | May 31, 2013 | 5% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 20 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia Pulex | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| %Mortality Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia Pulex | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| % Mortality Static Renewal 48 Hr Pimephales promelas or use TJA6C | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| %Mortality 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| %Mortality Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales Promelas | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 13, 2020 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| December 13, 2017 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| March 22, 2017 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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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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