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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0049166

TMK - IPSCO TUBULARS, INC. - BLYTHEVILLE WORKS, Blytheville, AR: NPDES AR0049166 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TMK - IPSCO TUBULARS, INC. - BLYTHEVILLE WORKS holds NPDES permit AR0049166, which discharges to Dit,Dit #42,Crooked Lake Bu,St Francis R. EPA’s file records it issued July 21, 2015 and expiring July 31, 2020. 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 filedTMK - IPSCO TUBULARS, INC. - BLYTHEVILLE WORKS
Permittee as filedTMK - IPSCO TUBULARS, INC. - BLYTHEVILLE WORKS
NPDES IDAR0049166
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 21, 2015
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2020
AddressBlytheville, AR 72315
Receiving waterDIT,DIT #42,CROOKED LAKE BU,ST FRANCIS R
SubwatershedLower Belle Fountain Ditch (HUC 080202040712)

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
Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD]168121June 30, 20124,167% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable8226December 31, 2018400% over the limit
Solids, total dissolved8204September 30, 2017216% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit2363April 30, 200936% over the limit
Whole effluent toxicity6262September 30, 2019100% over the limit
Oil & Grease16800
pH4680
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4660
Chlorine, total residual260
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia160
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas160
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia160
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas160
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia160
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas160
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia160
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas160
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia160
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas160
Arsenic, total recoverable400

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 AR0049166.

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 15, 2026.