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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0034673

ATKINS, CITY OF - SOUTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Atkins, AR: NPDES AR0034673 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ATKINS, CITY OF - SOUTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by ATKINS, CITY OF-SOUTH WWTP, holds NPDES permit AR0034673, which discharges to Horsehead Br,Galla Cr,Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued September 19, 2017 and expiring September 30, 2022. 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 filedATKINS, CITY OF - SOUTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
Permittee as filedATKINS, CITY OF-SOUTH WWTP
NPDES IDAR0034673
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 19, 2017
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2022
AddressAtkins, AR 72823
Receiving waterHORSEHEAD BR,GALLA CR,ARKANSAS R
SubwatershedKhun Bayou-Arkansas River (HUC 111102030304)
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 suspended36960June 30, 2025628% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]23835April 30, 202562% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]92718September 30, 2015500% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general42115June 30, 202599,999% over the limit
pH21810April 30, 2021
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3156May 31, 2014480% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant260
Overflows100
Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume]100

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 AR0034673.

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES AR0034673 for the Atkins, City of South Wastewater Treatment Plant in Atkins, AR, which discharges to Horsehead Br, Galla Cr, and Arkansas R within the Khun Bayou-Arkansas River subwatershed (HUC 111102030304). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 9 as its Discharger class, 6 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.