Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0038857
ALBERMARLE CORPORATION - SOUTH PLANT, Magnolia, AR: NPDES AR0038857 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ALBERMARLE CORPORATION - SOUTH PLANT, held by ALBEMARLE CORPORATION - SOUTH PLANT, holds NPDES permit AR0038857, which discharges to Trib,Horsehead Cr,Dorcheat Bu,Red R. EPA’s file records it issued March 23, 2018 and expiring April 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 | ALBERMARLE CORPORATION - SOUTH PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ALBEMARLE CORPORATION - SOUTH PLANT |
| NPDES ID | AR0038857 |
| 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 | March 23, 2018 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2023 |
| Address | Magnolia, AR 71753 |
| Receiving water | TRIB,HORSEHEAD CR,DORCHEAT BU,RED R |
| Subwatershed | Lapile Creek-Ouachita River (HUC 080402020206) |
| NAICS | 325188 – All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing [2007] |
| SIC | 2819 – Industrial Inorganic Chemicals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ARD052528809; ICIS-AIR source AR0000000502700028 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 28Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 21With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 33 | 29 | September 30, 2023 | 1,124% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 27 | 25 | March 31, 2002 | 1,059% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 12 | 10 | March 31, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubia | 3 | 11 | 10 | June 30, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 10 | 4 | June 30, 2025 | |
| Whole effluent toxicity | 0 | 4 | 4 | June 30, 2016 | 48% over the limit |
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas | 4 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Bromide [as Br] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ethylene dibromide | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 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 AR0038857.
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.