Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0002879
ARK STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSION - JIM HINKLE SPRING RIVER STATE FISH HATCHERY, Mammoth Spring, AR: NPDES AR0002879 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ARK STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSION - JIM HINKLE SPRING RIVER STATE FISH HATCHERY, held by ARKANSAS GAME & FISH COMMISSION - JIM HINKLE/SPRING RIVER STATE FISH HATCHERY, holds NPDES permit AR0002879, which discharges to Spring R,Black R,White R. EPA’s file records it issued January 3, 2017 and expiring February 28, 2022. 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 | ARK STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSION - JIM HINKLE SPRING RIVER STATE FISH HATCHERY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ARKANSAS GAME & FISH COMMISSION - JIM HINKLE/SPRING RIVER STATE FISH HATCHERY |
| NPDES ID | AR0002879 |
| 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 | January 3, 2017 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2022 |
| Address | Mammoth Spring, AR 72554 |
| Receiving water | SPRING R,BLACK R,WHITE R |
| Subwatershed | Trace Creek-Spring River (HUC 110100100205) |
| NAICS | 112511 – Finfish Farming and Fish Hatcheries |
| SIC | 0921 – Fish Hatcheries And Preserves |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source AR0000000504900011 |
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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 20 | 137 | 122 | October 31, 2025 | 3,967% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 6 | 50 | 42 | August 31, 2025 | 140% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 6 | 16 | 6 | May 31, 2011 | 8,900% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 20 | 17 | 3 | December 31, 2022 | 102% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 20 | 18 | 2 | September 30, 2008 | 177% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 6 | 1 | August 31, 2013 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 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 AR0002879.
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.