Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0045977
NUCOR STEEL ARKANSAS - HICKMAN MILL, Blytheville, AR: NPDES AR0045977 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NUCOR STEEL ARKANSAS - HICKMAN MILL, held by Nucor Corporation, holds NPDES permit AR0045977, which discharges to Mississippi R. EPA’s file records it issued December 22, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2022. 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 | NUCOR STEEL ARKANSAS - HICKMAN MILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Nucor Corporation |
| NPDES ID | AR0045977 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 22, 2017 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2022 |
| Address | Blytheville, AR 72315 |
| Receiving water | Mississippi R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Everett Lake-Mississippi River (HUC 080101000503) |
| NAICS | 331221 – Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing |
| SIC | 3312 – Blast Furnaces And Steel Mills |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ARD983278243; ICIS-AIR source AR0000000509300233 |
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
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickel, total recoverable | 12 | 80 | 76 | December 31, 2017 | 400% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 45 | 29 | February 28, 2026 | 151% over the limit |
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 9 | 9 | January 31, 2004 | 557% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 7 | 7 | June 30, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 9 | 5 | April 30, 2008 | |
| Oil & Grease | 18 | 20 | 4 | July 31, 2011 | 100% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 5 | 4 | July 31, 2006 | 5% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 5 | 3 | October 31, 2025 | 139% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2018 | 149% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 5 | 1 | February 28, 2007 | 3% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 12 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 12 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 12 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 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 AR0045977.
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.