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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0047635

ALBEMARLE CORP-WEST PLANT, Magnolia, AR: NPDES AR0047635 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ALBEMARLE CORP-WEST PLANT, held by ALBEMARLE CORPORATION-WEST PLANT, holds NPDES permit AR0047635, which discharges to Trib,Dismukes Cr,Big Cr,Bu Dorcheat. EPA’s file records it issued August 5, 2016 and expiring August 31, 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 filedALBEMARLE CORP-WEST PLANT
Permittee as filedALBEMARLE CORPORATION-WEST PLANT
NPDES IDAR0047635
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
IssuedAugust 5, 2016
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2021
AddressMagnolia, AR 71753
Receiving waterTRIB,DISMUKES CR,BIG CR,BU DORCHEAT
SubwatershedChaffin Branch-Big Creek (HUC 111402030109)
NAICS325188 – All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing [2007]
SIC2819 – Industrial Inorganic Chemicals
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ARD982558561; ICIS-AIR source AR0000000502700011

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

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
Lead, total recoverable82525March 31, 202510,890% over the limit
Solids, total suspended63022January 31, 2024174% over the limit
Solids, total dissolved01918December 31, 199988% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C41511September 30, 2009197% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general244December 31, 2022750% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit153June 30, 20013% over the limit
Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubia233June 30, 20221% over the limit
Chloride [as Cl]052October 31, 199744% over the limit
pH range excursions, > 60 minutes042July 31, 200199,999% over the limit
pH range excursions, monthly total accum032December 31, 2000869% over the limit
Oil & Grease271May 31, 199733% over the limit
Ethylene dibromide01120
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4100
1,2-Dichloroethane080
pH260
Bromide [as Br]060
1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane040
1-Bromo-2-chloroethane040
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia130
Arsenic, total recoverable420
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]120
Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr]020
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia110
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia110
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia110
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia110
Selenium, total recoverable010
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100

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 AR0047635.

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 permit AR0047635, held by ALBEMARLE CORPORATION-WEST PLANT for its facility ALBEMARLE CORP-WEST PLANT in Magnolia, AR, which discharges to TRIB,DISMUKES CR,BIG CR,BU DORCHEAT within subwatershed Chaffin Branch-Big Creek (HUC 111402030109). The page lists a Minor discharger class, 22 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 11 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit shown as administratively continued.