Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0022756
HELENA INDUSTRIES, LLC, West Helena, AR: NPDES AR0022756 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HELENA INDUSTRIES, LLC holds NPDES permit AR0022756, which discharges to Dit,Crooked Cr,Lick Cr,Big Cr,White R. EPA’s file records it issued July 18, 2016 and expiring August 31, 2021. 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 | HELENA INDUSTRIES, LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HELENA INDUSTRIES, LLC |
| NPDES ID | AR0022756 |
| 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 | July 18, 2016 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2021 |
| Address | West Helena, AR 72390 |
| Receiving water | Dit,Crooked Cr,Lick Cr,Big Cr,White R |
| Subwatershed | Outlet Lick Creek (HUC 080203040303) |
| NAICS | 325320 – Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing |
| SIC | 2879 – Agricultural Chemicals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ARD030414494; ICIS-AIR source AR0000000510700009 |
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
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 demand, chem. [low level] [COD] | 2 | 91 | 63 | November 30, 2025 | 944% over the limit |
| Whole effluent toxicity | 0 | 22 | 16 | December 31, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - D. pulex | 2 | 15 | 15 | December 31, 2025 | 100% over the limit |
| DDT/DDD/DDE, sum of p,p' & o,p' isomers | 0 | 10 | 10 | April 30, 2004 | 6,182% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 21 | 9 | January 31, 2025 | 280% over the limit |
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas | 2 | 9 | 9 | December 31, 2025 | 100% over the limit |
| Endrin | 0 | 10 | 6 | March 31, 2004 | 456% over the limit |
| Toxaphene | 0 | 4 | 4 | June 30, 2003 | 14,900% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 11 | 1 | June 30, 2008 | |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 2 | 1 | March 31, 2002 | 599% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 1 | 1 | February 29, 2004 | 16% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 4 | 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 AR0022756.
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.