Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0045578

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - EAST ARKANSAS REGIONAL UNIT, Brickeys, AR: NPDES AR0045578 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - EAST ARKANSAS REGIONAL UNIT, held by ARKANSAS DEPT OF CORRECTIONS - EAST ARKANSAS REGIONAL UNIT, holds NPDES permit AR0045578, which discharges to St. Francis River. EPA’s file records it issued September 5, 2018 and expiring September 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	ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - EAST ARKANSAS REGIONAL UNIT
Permittee as filed	ARKANSAS DEPT OF CORRECTIONS - EAST ARKANSAS REGIONAL UNIT
NPDES ID	AR0045578
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	September 5, 2018
Expiration date	September 30, 2023
Address	Brickeys, AR 72320
Receiving water	ST. FRANCIS RIVER
Subwatershed	Alligator Bayou-St. Francis River (HUC 080202031606)
NAICS	922140 – Correctional Institutions
SIC	9223 – 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

8Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
5With 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
Coliform, fecal general	4	77	39	April 30, 2026	99,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	106	26	June 30, 2021	5,211% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	24	4	April 30, 2018	99,999% over the limit
Oil & Grease	4	83	3	August 31, 2024	40% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	4	82	1	February 28, 2023	14% over the limit
pH	2	40	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	40	0
Chlorine, total residual	1	2	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 AR0045578.

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 discharge permit AR0045578, held by the Arkansas Department of Corrections - East Arkansas Regional Unit in Brickeys, AR, which discharges to the St. Francis River. The page lists 8 as the discharger class, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit shown as administratively continued.