Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0047911

J. W. BLACK LUMBER COMPANY, Corning, AR: NPDES AR0047911 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
7Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

J. W. BLACK LUMBER COMPANY, held by MARK BLACK - J.W. BLACK LUMBER COMPANY, holds NPDES permit AR0047911, which discharges to Trib,Corning Lake,Black R. EPA’s file records it issued August 28, 2015 and expiring September 30, 2020. 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	J. W. BLACK LUMBER COMPANY
Permittee as filed	MARK BLACK - J.W. BLACK LUMBER COMPANY
NPDES ID	AR0047911
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	August 28, 2015
Expiration date	September 30, 2020
Address	Corning, AR 72422
Receiving water	TRIB,CORNING LAKE,BLACK R
Subwatershed	Murray Creek Ditch (HUC 110100071002)
NAICS	321113 – Sawmills
SIC	2421 – Sawmills And Planing Mills, General

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

7Pollutants on file
7Under a numeric limit
7With a violation of any kind
0With 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
Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD]	2	72
pH	2	72
Solids, total suspended	2	72
Oil & Grease	2	72
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	72
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	36
Debris, floating [severity]	1	36

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AR0047911.

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 AR0047911.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES AR0047911.

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

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES AR0047911.

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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J. W. BLACK LUMBER COMPANY, Corning, Arkansas: Individual permit AR0047911, held by MARK BLACK - J.W. BLACK LUMBER COMPANY; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 28, 2015, term to September 30, 2020; discharges to TRIB,CORNING LAKE,BLACK R; Sawmills.

Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD]: 2 limits, 72 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 72 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 72 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 72 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 72 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 36 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Debris, floating [severity]: 1 limit, 36 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

J. W. BLACK LUMBER COMPANY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 6 discharge permits in the Murray Creek Ditch subwatershed (HUC 110100071002), AR0047911 among them. Its county holds 28, 0 of them major permits; AR0047911 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Murray Creek Ditch subwatershed (HUC 110100071002)

ARDOT - JOB 101172 CORNING BYPASS (FUTURE I-57) (S), Corning: ARR158420, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2026
CORNING SCHOOL DISTRICT - CORNING HIGH SCHOOL, Corning: ARR158795, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2026
EDWARD L. BAKER ENTERPRISES, INC., Corning: ARR000587, minor permit, discharging to Trib,Corning Lake,Black R,White R, permit term to June 30, 2019
FEDEX FREIGHT, INC - CNG, Corning: ARR00C324, minor permit, discharging to MURRAY CR DITCH, permit term to June 30, 2019
L.A.DARLING COMPANY, Corning: ARR00A826, minor permit, discharging to MURRAY CR DITCH, permit term to June 30, 2014

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit AR0047911, held by J. W. BLACK LUMBER COMPANY in Corning, AR, and lists the permit as administratively continued, a minor discharger class, with 7 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit's issue and expiration dates appear as EPA's file stood when the record was loaded, and the receiving water is listed under HUC 110100071002.