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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0021890

BRINKLEY, CITY OF, Brinkley, AR: NPDES AR0021890 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BRINKLEY, CITY OF holds NPDES permit AR0021890, which discharges to Caney Slash,Trib,Big Cypress Cr,Big Cr,White Rv. EPA’s file records it issued September 17, 2015 and expiring September 30, 2020. 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 filedBRINKLEY, CITY OF
Permittee as filedBRINKLEY, CITY OF
NPDES IDAR0021890
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 17, 2015
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2020
AddressBrinkley, AR 72021
Receiving waterCANEY SLASH,TRIB,BIG CYPRESS CR,BIG CR,WHITE RV
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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
Solids, total suspended3280124March 31, 20252,909% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]9277112June 30, 2026367% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general221497July 31, 202699,999% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]323071July 31, 20251,140% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]29844April 30, 202680% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual05329July 31, 202611,536% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]316010June 30, 2026119% over the limit
pH21063April 30, 2021
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant21020
Overflows1540
Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume]1540

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 AR0021890.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES discharge permit AR0021890, held by BRINKLEY, CITY OF in Brinkley, AR, a publicly owned treatment works classed as a minor discharger, with its status recorded as administratively continued. The page lists 10 as the discharger class, 8 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.