Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0002500
TYSON CHICKEN - NOEL PROCESSING PLANT, Noel, MO: NPDES MO0002500 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TYSON CHICKEN - NOEL PROCESSING PLANT, held by Tyson Chicken, Inc., holds NPDES permit MO0002500, which discharges to Elk R.. EPA’s file records it issued August 17, 2020 and expiring June 30, 2025. 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 filed | TYSON CHICKEN - NOEL PROCESSING PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tyson Chicken, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | MO0002500 |
| 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 |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | August 17, 2020 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2025 |
| Address | Noel, MO 64854 |
| Receiving water | Elk R. |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Yarnell Branch-Elk River (HUC 110702080504) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 20With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 50 | 5 | December 31, 2018 | 211% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 12 | 4 | September 30, 2021 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 8 | 4 | April 30, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 6 | 2 | January 31, 2019 | 10% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 6 | 2 | March 31, 2022 | 98% over the limit |
| Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chloride | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorides + Sulfates | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Storm water flow | 4 | 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 MO0002500.
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.