Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0029181

USF&WS - GREERS FERRY NATL FISH HATCHERY, Heber Springs, AR: NPDES AR0029181 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

USF&WS - GREERS FERRY NATL FISH HATCHERY, held by US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE-GREERS FERRY NATL FISH HATCHERY, holds NPDES permit AR0029181, which discharges to Little Red R,White R. EPA’s file records it issued May 19, 2014 and expiring May 31, 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 filed	USF&WS - GREERS FERRY NATL FISH HATCHERY
Permittee as filed	US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE-GREERS FERRY NATL FISH HATCHERY
NPDES ID	AR0029181
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	May 19, 2014
Expiration date	May 31, 2019
Address	Heber Springs, AR 72543
Receiving water	LITTLE RED R,WHITE R
Subwatershed	Wilburn Creek-Little Red River (HUC 110100140701)
NAICS	112511 – Finfish Farming and Fish Hatcheries
SIC	0921 – Fish Hatcheries And Preserves

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

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
6With a violation of any kind
2With 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
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	6	2	November 30, 2013	99,999% over the limit
pH	2	5	1	August 31, 2023
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	6	0
Solids, total suspended	4	4	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	4	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 AR0029181.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES AR0029181 for USF&WS - GREERS FERRY NATL FISH HATCHERY in Heber Springs, AR, which is administratively continued and classed as a Minor Discharger. The page lists 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it gives the permit's subwatershed as Wilburn Creek-Little Red River (HUC 110100140701).