Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0020087
FORREST CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Forrest City, AR: NPDES AR0020087 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 29Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FORREST CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by FORREST CITY, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit AR0020087, which discharges to Trib,L'Anguille River,St Francis River. EPA’s file records it issued October 30, 2017 and expiring October 31, 2022. 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 | FORREST CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FORREST CITY, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | AR0020087 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 30, 2017 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2022 |
| Address | Forrest City, AR 72335 |
| Receiving water | TRIB,L'ANGUILLE RIVER,ST FRANCIS RIVER |
| Subwatershed | 080202050503 (HUC 080202050503) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 29Pollutants on file
- 29Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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] | 6 | 43 | 37 | June 30, 2022 | 150% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 34 | 30 | April 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 25 | 18 | November 30, 2020 | 183% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 3 | 28 | 7 | June 30, 2013 | 138% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 9 | 3 | April 30, 2015 | 105% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 4 | 1 | August 31, 2006 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 1 | 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 AR0020087.
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.