Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0051136
SWEPCO-JOHN W TURK, JR POWER PLANT, Fulton, AR: NPDES AR0051136 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SWEPCO-JOHN W TURK, JR POWER PLANT, held by SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY-JOHN W TURK, JR POWER PLANT, holds NPDES permit AR0051136, which discharges to Little Red, Red River. EPA’s file records it issued October 24, 2011 and expiring October 31, 2016. 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 | SWEPCO-JOHN W TURK, JR POWER PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY-JOHN W TURK, JR POWER PLANT |
| NPDES ID | AR0051136 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 24, 2011 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2016 |
| Address | Fulton, AR 71838 |
| Receiving water | LITTLE RED, RED RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little River-Red River (HUC 111401091202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 18 | 15 | 11 | September 30, 2014 | 6,720% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2015 | 0% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 22 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 20 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 16 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 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 AR0051136.
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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