Golden Rod Broilers Inc — NPDES permit AL0026832: limits, due date and EPA's record

Poultry Slaughtering And Processing, major discharger, Cullman, Alabama. NPDES permit AL0026832, in force until Apr 30, 2027. Last 12 months: over a limit 2 times (last July 2026). Source: EPA ECHO, Oct 22, 2026.

Last 12 months (Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026)

Period ending	Parameter	Reported	Limit	Over by
January 2026	Nitrogen, total [as N], monthly average	690.045	≤ 636 lb/d	8%
July 2026	Nitrogen, total [as N], monthly average	657.684	≤ 636 lb/d	3%

Limits in force (46)

Parameter	Statistic	Limit	Months	Outfall
pH	daily minimum	≥ 6 SU	all year	001
pH	daily maximum	≤ 9 SU	all year	001
Solids, total suspended	monthly average	≤ 30 mg/L	all year	001
Solids, total suspended	daily maximum	≤ 45 mg/L	all year	001
Phosphorus, total [as P]	monthly average	report only (mg/L)	all year	001
Phosphorus, total [as P]	daily maximum	report only (mg/L)	all year	001
Iron, total recoverable	monthly average	report only (mg/L)	all year	001
Iron, total recoverable	daily maximum	≤ 1 mg/L	all year	001
Aluminum, total recoverable	monthly average	report only (mg/L)	all year	001
Aluminum, total recoverable	daily maximum	report only (mg/L)	all year	001
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	monthly average	report only (MGD)	all year	001
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	daily maximum	report only (MGD)	all year	001
Chlorine, total residual	monthly average	≤ .15 mg/L	all year	001
Chlorine, total residual	daily maximum	≤ .2 mg/L	all year	001
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	daily minimum	≥ 6 mg/L	all year	002
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	monthly average	report only (mg/L)	all year	002
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	monthly average	≤ 16 mg/L	all year	002
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	daily maximum	≤ 26 mg/L	all year	002
pH	daily minimum	≥ 6 SU	all year	002
pH	daily maximum	≤ 8.5 SU	all year	002
Solids, total suspended	monthly average	≤ 20 mg/L	all year	002
Solids, total suspended	daily maximum	≤ 30 mg/L	all year	002
Oil and grease, hexane extr method	monthly average	≤ 8 mg/L	all year	002
Oil and grease, hexane extr method	daily maximum	≤ 14 mg/L	all year	002
Nitrogen, total [as N]	monthly average	report only (mg/L)	all year	002
Nitrogen, total [as N]	daily maximum	report only (mg/L)	all year	002
Nitrogen, total [as N]	monthly average	≤ 636 lb/d	all year	002
Nitrogen, total [as N]	daily maximum	≤ 907 lb/d	all year	002
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	monthly average	≤ 4 mg/L	all year	002
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	daily maximum	≤ 8 mg/L	all year	002
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	monthly average	report only (mg/L)	Apr–Oct	002
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	daily maximum	report only (mg/L)	Apr–Oct	002
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	monthly average	report only (mg/L)	Apr–Oct	002
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	daily maximum	report only (mg/L)	Apr–Oct	002
Phosphorus, total [as P]	monthly average	= 17.9 mg/L	Apr–Oct	002
Phosphorus, total [as P]	daily maximum	report only (mg/L)	Apr–Oct	002
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	monthly average	report only (MGD)	all year	002
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	daily maximum	report only (MGD)	all year	002
E. coli	monthly average	≤ 126 #/100mL	May–Oct	002
E. coli	monthly average	≤ 548 #/100mL	Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov, Dec	002
E. coli	daily maximum	≤ 298 #/100mL	May–Oct	002
E. coli	daily maximum	≤ 2507 #/100mL	Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov, Dec	002
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia	single sample	≤ 0 pass=0;fail=1	all year	002
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	single sample	≤ 0 pass=0;fail=1	all year	002
Coliform, fecal general	monthly average	≤ 400 #/100mL	all year	002
Coliform, fecal general	daily maximum	≤ 400 #/100mL	all year	002

How strict are these limits?

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