Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0053155
ALPENA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Alpena, AR: NPDES AR0053155 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ALPENA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by ALPENA, TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit AR0053155, which discharges to Long Cr,Table Rock Lk,Lake Taneycomo,Bull Shoals. EPA’s file records it issued June 24, 2020 and expiring June 30, 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 filed | ALPENA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ALPENA, TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | AR0053155 |
| 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 | June 24, 2020 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2025 |
| Address | Alpena, AR 72611 |
| Receiving water | LONG CR,TABLE ROCK LK,LAKE TANEYCOMO,BULL SHOALS |
| Subwatershed | Lick Branch-Long Creek (HUC 110100011303) |
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
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 74 | 17 | February 28, 2026 | 434% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 61 | 4 | October 31, 2024 | 391% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 60 | 3 | February 28, 2026 | 309% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 57 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 57 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 38 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 1 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 1 | 19 | 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 AR0053155.
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.