Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0037567
VAN BUREN MUNICIPAL UTILITIES, CITY OF - LEE CREEK INDUSTRIAL PARK TRTMNT PLANT, Van Buren, AR: NPDES AR0037567 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VAN BUREN MUNICIPAL UTILITIES, CITY OF - LEE CREEK INDUSTRIAL PARK TRTMNT PLANT, held by Van Buren Municipal Utilities, City of - Lee Creek Industrial Park Trtmnt Plant, holds NPDES permit AR0037567, which discharges to Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued August 27, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023. 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 | VAN BUREN MUNICIPAL UTILITIES, CITY OF - LEE CREEK INDUSTRIAL PARK TRTMNT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Van Buren Municipal Utilities, City of - Lee Creek Industrial Park Trtmnt Plant |
| NPDES ID | AR0037567 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 27, 2018 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2023 |
| Address | Van Buren, AR 72956 |
| Receiving water | ARKANSAS R |
| Subwatershed | City of Fort Smith-Arkansas River (HUC 111101040612) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 4 | 2 | October 31, 2016 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2006 | 20% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2003 | 50% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 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 AR0037567.
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.