Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0038121
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE, & TOURISM - LAKE CATHERINE STATE PARK, Hot Spring County, AR: NPDES AR0038121 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE, & TOURISM - LAKE CATHERINE STATE PARK, held by ARKANSAS DEPT OF PARKS & TOURISM - LAKE CATHERINE, holds NPDES permit AR0038121, which discharges to Lake Catherine,Ouachita R. EPA’s file records it issued January 25, 2017 and expiring June 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 filed | ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE, & TOURISM - LAKE CATHERINE STATE PARK |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ARKANSAS DEPT OF PARKS & TOURISM - LAKE CATHERINE |
| NPDES ID | AR0038121 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 25, 2017 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2022 |
| Address | Hot Spring County, AR 71913 |
| Receiving water | LAKE CATHERINE,OUACHITA R |
| Subwatershed | Lake Hamilton Dam (HUC 080401010806) |
| 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
- 8Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 60 | 42 | June 30, 2026 | 47,567% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 29 | 19 | March 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 36 | 14 | September 30, 2015 | 410% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 27 | 14 | June 30, 2021 | 96% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 14 | 14 | March 31, 2024 | 7,184% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 19 | 11 | September 30, 2024 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 13 | 3 | June 30, 2021 | 68% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 32 | 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 AR0038121.
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.