Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0036552
BEKAERT CORPORATION, Van Buren, AR: NPDES AR0036552 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BEKAERT CORPORATION holds NPDES permit AR0036552, which discharges to Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2015 and expiring September 30, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BEKAERT CORPORATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BEKAERT CORPORATION |
| NPDES ID | AR0036552 |
| 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 | September 27, 2015 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2020 |
| Address | Van Buren, AR 72956 |
| Receiving water | ARKANSAS R |
| Subwatershed | City of Fort Smith-Arkansas River (HUC 111101040612) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ARD075673079; ICIS-AIR source AR0000000503300043 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 | 4 | 21 | 9 | June 30, 2026 | 143% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 15 | 2 | June 30, 2013 | 9% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 14 | 2 | March 31, 2021 | 20% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 5 | 1 | July 31, 2017 | |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 0 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2004 | 25% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total recoverable | 4 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD] | 2 | 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 AR0036552.
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 September 15, 2026.