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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0020729

CERTAINTEED GYPSUM, INC., Nashville, AR: NPDES AR0020729 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CERTAINTEED GYPSUM, INC., held by CERTAINTEED GYPSUM MFG., INC., holds NPDES permit AR0020729, which discharges to Bluff Cr,Muddy Fork Cr-Ltl Missouri R. EPA’s file records it issued September 26, 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 filedCERTAINTEED GYPSUM, INC.
Permittee as filedCERTAINTEED GYPSUM MFG., INC.
NPDES IDAR0020729
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 26, 2014
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2019
AddressNashville, AR 71852
Receiving waterBLUFF CR,MUDDY FORK CR-LTL MISSOURI R
SubwatershedUpper Muddy Fork (HUC 080401030202)
NAICS327420 – Gypsum Product Manufacturing
SIC3275 – Gypsum Products

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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]6168September 30, 20232,662% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general4115December 31, 202099,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended8164September 30, 201167% over the limit
Oil & Grease8164December 31, 2019140% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C044June 30, 20085,920% over the limit
pH6132September 30, 2023
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant6330
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]18220
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia270
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia270
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia270
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia270
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas270
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]460
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas260
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas260
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas260
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas260
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia260
Sulfate, total [as SO4]040
Solids, total dissolved040

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AR0020729.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit AR0020729 for CERTAINTEED GYPSUM, INC. in Nashville, AR, which discharges to Bluff Cr and Muddy Fork Cr-Ltl Missouri R, with its status listed as administratively continued. The page lists 18 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the permit's issue and expiration dates are September 26, 2014 and September 30, 2019.