Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0021482
VAN BUREN, CITY OF-MAIN PLANT, Van Buren, AR: NPDES AR0021482 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VAN BUREN, CITY OF-MAIN PLANT holds NPDES permit AR0021482, which discharges to Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued December 11, 2014 and expiring December 31, 2019. 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 | VAN BUREN, CITY OF-MAIN PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | VAN BUREN, CITY OF-MAIN PLANT |
| NPDES ID | AR0021482 |
| 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 | December 11, 2014 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2019 |
| Address | Van Buren, AR 72956 |
| Receiving water | ARKANSAS R |
| Subwatershed | City of Fort Smith-Arkansas River (HUC 111101040612) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 19With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 73 | 64 | July 31, 2026 | 300% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 54 | 44 | April 30, 2026 | 137% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 13 | 11 | July 31, 2026 | 164% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 8 | 8 | November 30, 2008 | 1,220% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 11 | 5 | July 31, 2024 | 40% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 9 | 4 | July 31, 2024 | 57% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2014 | |
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 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 AR0021482.
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.