Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0005371
DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. (FKA VALLEY PROTEIN FKA CBP RESOURCES INC), Strawberry Plains, TN: NPDES TN0005371 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. (FKA VALLEY PROTEIN FKA CBP RESOURCES INC), held by Darling Ingredients Inc., holds NPDES permit TN0005371, which discharges to Holston. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 2019 and expiring November 30, 2024. 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 | DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. (FKA VALLEY PROTEIN FKA CBP RESOURCES INC) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Darling Ingredients Inc. |
| NPDES ID | TN0005371 |
| 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 | December 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Strawberry Plains, TN 37871 |
| Receiving water | Holston |
| Subwatershed | Holston River-Clift Creek (HUC 060101040307) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 2 | 50 | 33 | January 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 1 | 37 | 12 | December 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 180 | 6 | February 28, 2023 | 126% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 169 | 3 | April 30, 2026 | 129% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 30 | 3 | April 30, 2019 | 20% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 179 | 1 | March 31, 2022 | 21% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 170 | 1 | February 28, 2026 | 21% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 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 TN0005371.
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.