Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0020303
NORTH LITTLE ROCK WASTEWATER UTILITY - FAULKNER LAKE PLANT, North Little Rock, AR: NPDES AR0020303 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NORTH LITTLE ROCK WASTEWATER UTILITY - FAULKNER LAKE PLANT, held by NORTH LITTLE ROCK WW UTILITY-FAULKNER LAKE, holds NPDES permit AR0020303, which discharges to Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued May 8, 2019 and expiring May 31, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | NORTH LITTLE ROCK WASTEWATER UTILITY - FAULKNER LAKE PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NORTH LITTLE ROCK WW UTILITY-FAULKNER LAKE |
| NPDES ID | AR0020303 |
| 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 | May 8, 2019 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2024 |
| Address | North Little Rock, AR 72117 |
| Receiving water | ARKANSAS R |
| Subwatershed | Faulkner Lake-Arkansas River (HUC 111102070402) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 28Pollutants on file
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 27With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 12 | 9 | January 31, 2023 | 144% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 11 | 8 | May 31, 2012 | 125% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 5 | 3 | December 31, 2009 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2011 | |
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 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 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 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 AR0020303.
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 15, 2026.