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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0038199

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE AND TOURISM - LAKE CHARLES STATE PARK, Powhatan, AR: NPDES AR0038199 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE AND TOURISM - LAKE CHARLES STATE PARK, held by Arkansas Dept. Of Parks & Tourism - Lake Charles State Park, holds NPDES permit AR0038199, which discharges to Lake Charles,Flat Cr,Black R,White R. EPA’s file records it issued February 15, 2019 and expiring March 31, 2024. 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 filedARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE AND TOURISM - LAKE CHARLES STATE PARK
Permittee as filedArkansas Dept. Of Parks & Tourism - Lake Charles State Park
NPDES IDAR0038199
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 15, 2019
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2024
AddressPowhatan, AR 72458
Receiving waterLake Charles,Flat Cr,Black R,White R
SubwatershedFlat Creek-Black River (HUC 110100090203)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended4364March 31, 2021207% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]12542March 31, 2017100% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general4182June 30, 2021243% over the limit
pH2251April 30, 2015
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]141June 30, 202226% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]4420
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]4320
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2240
Chlorine, total residual130

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AR0038199.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES AR0038199, held by Arkansas Dept. Of Parks & Tourism - Lake Charles State Park and discharging to Lake Charles, Flat Cr, Black R and White R. The facts list 9 for discharger class, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.