Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0044105
ARAUCO NORTH AMERICA, INC., Malvern, AR: NPDES AR0044105 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ARAUCO NORTH AMERICA, INC. holds NPDES permit AR0044105, which discharges to Trib,Big Ck,Saline R,Ouachita R. EPA’s file records it issued May 9, 2016 and expiring May 31, 2021. 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 | ARAUCO NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ARAUCO NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| NPDES ID | AR0044105 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 9, 2016 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2021 |
| Address | Malvern, AR 72104 |
| Receiving water | TRIB,BIG CK,SALINE R,OUACHITA R |
| Subwatershed | Thunder Branch-Big Creek (HUC 080402030603) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD] | 2 | 20 | 18 | January 31, 2022 | 120% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 34 | 15 | June 30, 2025 | 183% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 18 | 13 | June 30, 2025 | 257% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 18 | 12 | July 31, 2026 | 67% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 23 | 8 | December 31, 2020 | 338% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 9 | 3 | January 31, 2002 | 32% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 9 | 3 | May 31, 2023 | 133% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 5 | 1 | June 30, 2002 | 2% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 22 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 8 | 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 AR0044105.
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.