Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0044822

HIGGINSON, TOWN OF, Higginson, AR: NPDES AR0044822 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

HIGGINSON, TOWN OF, held by HIGGINSON, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit AR0044822, which discharges to Gum Springs Cr,Glade Cr,Bu Des Arc,Cypress Cr. EPA’s file records it issued November 18, 2016 and expiring November 30, 2021. 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	HIGGINSON, TOWN OF
Permittee as filed	HIGGINSON, CITY OF
NPDES ID	AR0044822
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	November 18, 2016
Expiration date	November 30, 2021
Address	Higginson, AR 72068
Receiving water	GUM SPRINGS CR,GLADE CR,BU DES ARC,CYPRESS CR
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

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

10Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
10With a violation of any kind
6With 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
pH	2	73	33	June 30, 2026
Solids, total suspended	3	84	24	December 31, 2023	415% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	1	16	8	June 30, 2026	4,445% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	9	66	6	April 30, 2025	99,999% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	3	66	6	May 31, 2014	283% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	41	1	June 30, 2021	4% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	42	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	20	0
Overflows	1	8	0
Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume]	1	8	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 AR0044822.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit AR0044822, held by HIGGINSON, CITY OF for the HIGGINSON, TOWN OF facility in Higginson, AR, and listed as administratively continued. The figures shown are a Minor Discharger class, 6 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.