Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0000591
MARTIN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., Smackover, AR: NPDES AR0000591 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MARTIN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. holds NPDES permit AR0000591, which discharges to Smackover Cr,Ouachita R. EPA’s file records it issued December 14, 2012 and expiring January 31, 2018. 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 | MARTIN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MARTIN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. |
| NPDES ID | AR0000591 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 14, 2012 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2018 |
| Address | Smackover, AR 71762 |
| Receiving water | SMACKOVER CR,OUACHITA R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Wolf Creek-Smackover Creek (HUC 080402010406) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 32Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 32With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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] | 36 | 196 | 132 | December 31, 2025 | 670% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 14 | 121 | 52 | February 28, 2026 | 357% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 24 | 102 | 30 | May 31, 2025 | 174% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 14 | 87 | 19 | May 31, 2026 | 253% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 46 | 8 | November 30, 2024 | |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 12 | 69 | 5 | November 30, 2000 | 90% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 6 | 18 | 2 | August 31, 2000 | 100% over the limit |
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 24 | 65 | 1 | February 28, 2002 | 33% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 2 | 5 | 1 | April 30, 2010 | 2% over the limit |
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 12 | 132 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 0 | 92 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 12 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 12 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia Dubia | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 0 | 1 | 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 AR0000591.
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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