Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0043486
TRI-CITY UTILITIES, INC., O'Kean, AR: NPDES AR0043486 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TRI-CITY UTILITIES, INC. holds NPDES permit AR0043486, which discharges to Trib,Beaver Dam Dit,Cache R,White R. EPA’s file records it issued April 25, 2014 and expiring April 30, 2019. 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 | TRI-CITY UTILITIES, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TRI-CITY UTILITIES, INC. |
| NPDES ID | AR0043486 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 25, 2014 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2019 |
| Address | O'Kean, AR 72449 |
| Receiving water | TRIB,BEAVER DAM DIT,CACHE R,WHITE R |
| Subwatershed | Beaver Dam Ditch (HUC 080203020207) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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] | 9 | 238 | 193 | July 31, 2026 | 1,874% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 60 | 28 | April 30, 2021 | 1,960% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 43 | 28 | July 31, 2026 | 59% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 71 | 23 | July 31, 2024 | 249% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 75 | 21 | February 28, 2023 | 257% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 3 | 45 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 3 | 45 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 1 | 16 | 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 AR0043486.
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.