Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0020231

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - SHOUSE FORD RECREATION AREA, DEGRAY LAKE, Point Cedar, AR: NPDES AR0020231 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - SHOUSE FORD RECREATION AREA, DEGRAY LAKE, held by U.S. ARMY - COE SHOUSE FORD/DEGRAY LAKE, holds NPDES permit AR0020231, which discharges to Degray Lk,Caddo R,Ouachita R. EPA’s file records it issued October 17, 2018 and expiring October 31, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - SHOUSE FORD RECREATION AREA, DEGRAY LAKE
Permittee as filed	U.S. ARMY - COE SHOUSE FORD/DEGRAY LAKE
NPDES ID	AR0020231
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Federal facility
Issued	October 17, 2018
Expiration date	October 31, 2023
Address	Point Cedar, AR 71921
Receiving water	DEGRAY LK,CADDO R,OUACHITA R
Subwatershed	Point Cedar Creek-Lake Catherine (HUC 080401020402)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

9Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
9With a violation of any kind
5With 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
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	65	55	June 30, 2021	700% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	19	12	December 31, 2025	99,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	22	10	March 31, 2020	605% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	12	20	8	July 31, 2013	694% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	1	3	1	February 29, 2016	14% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	12	0
pH	2	6	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	6	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	2	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 AR0020231.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit AR0020231, held by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Shouse Ford Recreation Area at DeGray Lake in Point Cedar, AR, and listed as administratively continued. The page lists 9 as the discharger class, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.