Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0035823
CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION - CYPRESS BEND MILL, Arkansas City, AR: NPDES AR0035823 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 38Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION - CYPRESS BEND MILL holds NPDES permit AR0035823, which discharges to Mississippi R. EPA’s file records it issued December 11, 2017 and expiring December 31, 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 filed | CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION - CYPRESS BEND MILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION - CYPRESS BEND MILL |
| NPDES ID | AR0035823 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 11, 2017 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2022 |
| Address | Arkansas City, AR 71630 |
| Receiving water | MISSISSIPPI R |
| Subwatershed | 80301000100 (HUC 080301000100) |
| NAICS | 322130 – Paperboard Mills |
| SIC | 2611 – Pulp Mills |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ARD077388536; ICIS-AIR source AR0000000504100036 |
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
- 38Pollutants on file
- 38Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 9 | 2 | February 29, 2016 | 84% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 8 | 2 | December 31, 2022 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 6 | 2 | January 31, 2023 | 57% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2022 | 7,233% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Halogens, adsorbable organic | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, phenolphthaline method | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichloroguaiacol | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichlorocatechol | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,5-Trichloroguaiacol | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,5-Trichlorocatechol | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroguaiacol | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachlorocatechol | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Trichlorosyringol | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4,5,6-Trichloroguaiacol | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol | 1 | 0 | 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 AR0035823.
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.