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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0042421

FOUNTAIN HILL, CITY OF, Fountain Hill, AR: NPDES AR0042421 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FOUNTAIN HILL, CITY OF holds NPDES permit AR0042421, which discharges to Trib,Flat Cr,Saline R. EPA’s file records it issued April 25, 2018 and expiring April 30, 2023.

FOUNTAIN HILL, CITY OF, Fountain Hill, Arkansas: Individual permit AR0042421; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued April 25, 2018, term to April 30, 2023; discharges to TRIB,FLAT CR,SALINE R.

  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 9 limits, 316 violations of any kind, 124 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 1,035% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 300 violations of any kind, 111 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 21,700% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 6 limits, 278 violations of any kind, 86 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2026, largest 2,015% over the limit.
  • Coliform, fecal general: 2 limits, 211 violations of any kind, 83 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2026, largest 99,999% over the limit.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 114 violations of any kind, 49 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 78% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 133 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2025.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 132 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Overflows: 1 limit, 54 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume]: 1 limit, 54 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • February 10, 2026: Notice of Noncompliance Issued (State).
  • February 4, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Arkansas holds 381 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 295 were issued before AR0042421.

Coverages issued nearest AR0042421

FOUNTAIN HILL, CITY OF among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Flat Creek-Saline River subwatershed (HUC 080402040501), AR0042421 among them. Its county holds 40, 1 of them major permits; AR0042421 is a minor permit.

Identity

Facility as filedFOUNTAIN HILL, CITY OF
Permittee as filedFOUNTAIN HILL, CITY OF
NPDES IDAR0042421
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 25, 2018
Expiration dateApril 30, 2023
AddressFountain Hill, AR 71642
Receiving waterTRIB,FLAT CR,SALINE R
SubwatershedFlat Creek-Saline River (HUC 080402040501)

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]9316124June 30, 20261,035% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3300111June 30, 202621,700% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]627886April 30, 20262,015% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general221183May 31, 202699,999% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]111449June 30, 202678% over the limit
pH21332February 28, 2025
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant21320
Overflows1540
Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume]1540

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AR0042421.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
February 4, 2026EvaluationS

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
February 10, 2026Notice of Noncompliance IssuedState

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit AR0042421, held by Fountain Hill, City of, for a publicly owned treatment works discharging to Trib, Flat Cr, Saline R, with its status shown as administratively continued. The figures listed are 9 pollutants on file, 9 under a numeric limit, and 6 with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue date of April 25, 2018 and expiration date of April 30, 2023 as stated in EPA's file.