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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ARG250004

JOHN W. TURK POWER PLANT, Fulton, AR: NPDES ARG250004 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

JOHN W. TURK POWER PLANT, held by AEP SWEPCO-JOHN W TURK POWER PLANT, holds NPDES permit ARG250004, which discharges to Bridge Cr,Red R. EPA’s file records it issued May 22, 2009 and expiring November 30, 2012. 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 filedJOHN W. TURK POWER PLANT
Permittee as filedAEP SWEPCO-JOHN W TURK POWER PLANT
NPDES IDARG250004
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 22, 2009
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2012
AddressFulton, AR 71838
Receiving waterBRIDGE CR,RED R
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBridge Creek (HUC 111402010105)

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
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit131June 30, 20094% over the limit
Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD]240
pH240
Solids, total suspended240
Oil & Grease240
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant240

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 ARG250004.

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.