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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0040827

ARKANSAS DEPT OF CORRECTION - CUMMINS UNIT, Grady, AR: NPDES AR0040827 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ARKANSAS DEPT OF CORRECTION - CUMMINS UNIT holds NPDES permit AR0040827, which discharges to Can #19,Cypress Cr,Can #43,Bu Macon, Ouachita R. EPA’s file records it issued September 4, 2019 and expiring September 30, 2024. 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 filedARKANSAS DEPT OF CORRECTION - CUMMINS UNIT
Permittee as filedARKANSAS DEPT OF CORRECTION - CUMMINS UNIT
NPDES IDAR0040827
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
IssuedSeptember 4, 2019
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2024
AddressGrady, AR 71644
Receiving waterCAN #19,CYPRESS CR,CAN #43,BU MACON, OUACHITA R
SubwatershedCypress Creek-Headwaters Boeuf River (HUC 080500010104)
NAICS922140 – Correctional Institutions
SIC9223 – Correctional Institutions

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

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 suspended4235146February 28, 20261,983% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general4165123February 28, 202699,999% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]417768January 31, 2026458% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]1213747April 30, 2025415% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]26644April 30, 202698% over the limit
Oil & Grease412028February 28, 20252,010% over the limit
pH2440
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2440
Mercury, total recoverable480

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 AR0040827.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES discharge permit AR0040827, held by Arkansas Department of Correction - Cummins Unit in Grady, AR, which discharges to CAN #19,CYPRESS CR,CAN #43,BU MACON, OUACHITA R in the Cypress Creek-Headwaters subwatershed. The permit is classed as a minor discharger and is administratively continued, with 9 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance recorded.