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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0038466

HOPE, CITY OF-BOIS D'ARDC WWTP, Hope, AR: NPDES AR0038466 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HOPE, CITY OF-BOIS D'ARDC WWTP, held by HOPE, CITY OF - BOIS D'ARC WWTP, holds NPDES permit AR0038466, which discharges to Black Br,Bois D'Arc Cr,Red R. EPA’s file records it issued January 22, 2020 and expiring January 31, 2025. 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 filedHOPE, CITY OF-BOIS D'ARDC WWTP
Permittee as filedHOPE, CITY OF - BOIS D'ARC WWTP
NPDES IDAR0038466
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 22, 2020
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2025
AddressHope, AR 71801
Receiving waterBLACK BR,BOIS D'ARC CR,RED R
SubwatershedMiddle Bois d'Arc Creek (HUC 111402010103)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]633April 30, 2015540% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general242May 31, 2015100% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable611February 28, 202384% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable330
Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume]130
Overflows120
Thallium, total recoverable020
Whole effluent toxicity020
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia110
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas110
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia110
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas110
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia110
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas110
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia110
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas110
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia110
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas110
Mercury, total recoverable600
Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubia400
Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas400
Solids, total suspended300
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]300
Phosphorus, total [as P]300
Arsenic, total recoverable300
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]300
pH200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AR0038466.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.