Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0001775
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, North Little Rock, AR: NPDES AR0001775 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY holds NPDES permit AR0001775, which discharges to E & W Br/Dark Hollow Canal,Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued September 19, 2014 and expiring September 30, 2019. 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 | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | AR0001775 |
| 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 | September 19, 2014 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2019 |
| Address | North Little Rock, AR 72114 |
| Receiving water | E & W BR/DARK HOLLOW CANAL,ARKANSAS R |
| Subwatershed | Faulkner Lake-Arkansas River (HUC 111102070402) |
| NAICS | 482112 – Short Line Railroads |
| SIC | 4013 – Switching And Terminal Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ARD075661595 |
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
- 25Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 6 | 73 | 51 | July 31, 2026 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 69 | 45 | July 31, 2026 | 790% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 45 | 23 | August 31, 2024 | 5,033% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 33 | 11 | April 30, 2025 | 245% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD] | 0 | 7 | 7 | August 31, 2005 | 62% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 7 | 7 | January 31, 2006 | 122% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 7 | 7 | August 31, 2005 | 495% over the limit |
| Whole effluent toxicity | 0 | 9 | 5 | August 31, 2005 | 68% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2005 | 85% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 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 AR0001775.
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.