Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0037940

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE, & TOURISM - DEVIL'S DEN STATE PARK, West Fork, AR: NPDES AR0037940 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE, & TOURISM - DEVIL'S DEN STATE PARK, held by ARKANSAS DEPT. OF PARKS & TOURISM - DEVIL'S DEN STATE PARK, holds NPDES permit AR0037940, which discharges to Trib,Lee Cr,Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued June 9, 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	ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE, & TOURISM - DEVIL'S DEN STATE PARK
Permittee as filed	ARKANSAS DEPT. OF PARKS & TOURISM - DEVIL'S DEN STATE PARK
NPDES ID	AR0037940
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	June 9, 2017
Expiration date	December 31, 2022
Address	West Fork, AR 72774
Receiving water	TRIB,LEE CR,ARKANSAS R
Subwatershed	Headwaters Lee Creek (HUC 111101040402)
NAICS	721211 – Rv [Recreational Vehicle] Parks and Campgrounds
SIC	7033 – Trailer Parks And Campsites

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

11Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
11With a violation of any kind
7With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	12	89	45	March 31, 2024	752% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	53	13	September 30, 2023	527% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	6	30	8	June 30, 2025	4,725% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	45	5	June 30, 2020	40% over the limit
pH	2	38	2	June 30, 2025
Chlorine, total residual	1	20	2	June 30, 2026	5,355% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	0	2	2	December 31, 2003	31% over the limit
Oil & Grease	4	40	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	20	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	0	12	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	3	10	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 AR0037940.

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 NPDES permit AR0037940, held by the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism at Devil's Den State Park, which discharges to TRIB,LEE CR,ARKANSAS R in the Headwaters subwatershed. The page lists 9 as the discharger class and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit shown as administratively continued.