Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0000493
ENTERGY, INC.- HARVEY COUCH STEAM ELEC STA, Stamps, AR: NPDES AR0000493 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
ENTERGY, INC.- HARVEY COUCH STEAM ELEC STA, held by ENTERGY ARKANSAS-HARVEY COUCH STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, holds NPDES permit AR0000493, which discharges to Trib, Lk June,Crooked Branch,Bodcau Cr. EPA’s file records it issued April 30, 2009 and expiring May 31, 2014. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | ENTERGY, INC.- HARVEY COUCH STEAM ELEC STA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ENTERGY ARKANSAS-HARVEY COUCH STEAM ELECTRIC STATION |
| NPDES ID | AR0000493 |
| 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 | April 30, 2009 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2014 |
| Address | Stamps, AR 71860 |
| Receiving water | TRIB, LK JUNE,CROOKED BRANCH,BODCAU CR |
| Subwatershed | Tatum Branch-Bodcau Creek (HUC 111402050202) |
| NAICS | 221112 – Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ARD000632877 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 10 | 10 | December 31, 2017 | 1,233% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 8 | 12 | 4 | November 30, 2008 | 633% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 7 | 3 | December 31, 2008 | 532% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 8 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2009 | 36% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2015 | 40% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2006 | |
| Chlorine, free available | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 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 AR0000493.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES AR0000493.
Formal enforcement and penalties
0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.
Informal enforcement
EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES AR0000493.
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 October 14, 2026.