Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KS0000817
TYSON FRESH MEATS -EMPORIA MAIN PLT, Emporia, KS: NPDES KS0000817 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 29Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TYSON FRESH MEATS -EMPORIA MAIN PLT, held by TYSON FRESH MEATS INC, holds NPDES permit KS0000817, which discharges to Cottonwood R (110702031). EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2024. 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.
Identity
| Facility as filed | TYSON FRESH MEATS -EMPORIA MAIN PLT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TYSON FRESH MEATS INC |
| NPDES ID | KS0000817 |
| 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 | February 1, 2020 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) |
| Address | Emporia, KS 66801 |
| Receiving water | Cottonwood R (110702031) |
| Subwatershed | Dry Creek-Cottonwood River (HUC 110702030405) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 29Pollutants on file
- 29Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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] | 48 | 5 | 5 | December 31, 2006 | 237% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 5 | 5 | June 30, 2012 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 4 | 4 | February 28, 2022 | 8,400% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 4 | 4 | April 30, 2022 | 3,773% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 3 | 3 | April 30, 2023 | 469% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KS0000817.
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.