Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0039730
GERDAU MACSTEEL-FORT SMITH MILL, Fort Smith, AR: NPDES AR0039730 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GERDAU MACSTEEL-FORT SMITH MILL, held by GERDAU MACSTEEL, INC. - FORT SMITH MILL, holds NPDES permit AR0039730, which discharges to Trib,Massard Cr,Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued May 6, 2015 and expiring June 30, 2020. 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 | GERDAU MACSTEEL-FORT SMITH MILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GERDAU MACSTEEL, INC. - FORT SMITH MILL |
| NPDES ID | AR0039730 |
| 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 | May 6, 2015 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2020 |
| Address | Fort Smith, AR 72916 |
| Receiving water | TRIB,MASSARD CR,ARKANSAS R |
| Subwatershed | Massard Creek (HUC 111101040611) |
| NAICS | 331111 – Iron and Steel Mills [2007] |
| SIC | 3312 – Blast Furnaces And Steel Mills |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ARD053730701; ICIS-AIR source AR0000000513100274 |
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
- 22Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 39 | 31 | August 31, 2025 | 403% over the limit |
| Whole effluent toxicity | 8 | 23 | 21 | June 30, 2020 | 100% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 26 | 20 | July 31, 2024 | 326% over the limit |
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas | 0 | 30 | 18 | January 31, 2023 | 60% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 25 | 16 | February 29, 2004 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 20 | 14 | November 30, 2013 | 240% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD] | 4 | 13 | 6 | February 28, 2017 | 901% over the limit |
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubia | 0 | 15 | 3 | March 31, 2025 | 60% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 11 | 1 | June 30, 2010 | 40% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 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 AR0039730.
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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