Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0020168
STEPHENS, CITY OF, Stephens, AR: NPDES AR0020168 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
STEPHENS, CITY OF, held by Stephens, City of - Stephens Water Works, holds NPDES permit AR0020168, which discharges to Smackover Cr,Ouachita R. EPA’s file records it issued February 13, 2019 and expiring February 29, 2024. 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 | STEPHENS, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Stephens, City of - Stephens Water Works |
| NPDES ID | AR0020168 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 13, 2019 |
| Expiration date | February 29, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | Arkansas Dept. of Environmental Quality |
| Address | Stephens, AR 71764 |
| Receiving water | Smackover Cr,Ouachita R |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 10Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 68 | 60 | March 31, 2026 | 94% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 9 | 79 | 52 | April 30, 2019 | 275% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 78 | 51 | March 31, 2024 | 254% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 50 | 30 | May 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 37 | 17 | March 31, 2026 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 42 | 12 | May 31, 2026 | 111% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 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 AR0020168.
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.