Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0001759
ARKANSAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION-THOMAS.B. FITZHUGH GENERATING STATION, Ozark, AR: NPDES AR0001759 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ARKANSAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION-THOMAS.B. FITZHUGH GENERATING STATION, held by ARKANSAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION-THOMAS B FITZHUGH GENERATING STATION, holds NPDES permit AR0001759, which discharges to Arkansas River. EPA’s file records it issued June 14, 2016 and expiring July 31, 2021. 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 | ARKANSAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION-THOMAS.B. FITZHUGH GENERATING STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ARKANSAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION-THOMAS B FITZHUGH GENERATING STATION |
| NPDES ID | AR0001759 |
| 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 | June 14, 2016 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2021 |
| Address | Ozark, AR 72949 |
| Receiving water | ARKANSAS RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Smith Creek-Arkansas River (HUC 111102020401) |
| NAICS | 221112 – Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ARD043558675; ICIS-AIR source AR0000000504700012 |
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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 8 | 4 | May 31, 2020 | 87% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 10 | 3 | July 31, 2022 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 7 | 1 | March 31, 2001 | 20% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 4 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 4 | 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 AR0001759.
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 October 14, 2026.