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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0042455

TYSON POULTRY, INC. RIVER VALLEY INGREDIENTS, Scranton, AR: NPDES AR0042455 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TYSON POULTRY, INC. RIVER VALLEY INGREDIENTS, held by Tyson Poultry, Inc. - River Valley Ingredients, holds NPDES permit AR0042455, which discharges to Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued May 30, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedTYSON POULTRY, INC. RIVER VALLEY INGREDIENTS
Permittee as filedTyson Poultry, Inc. - River Valley Ingredients
NPDES IDAR0042455
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 30, 2017
Expiration dateMay 31, 2022
AddressScranton, AR 72863
Receiving waterARKANSAS R
SubwatershedCane Creek-Arkansas River (HUC 111102020405)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Oil & Grease4117June 30, 201178% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]4115September 30, 2018127% over the limit
Solids, total suspended484June 30, 2011193% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4153July 31, 2011208% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general332June 30, 2011210% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]480
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C440
pH240
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant220
Chlorine, total residual120
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]110

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 AR0042455.

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 14, 2026.