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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0048542

NORTH LITTLE ROCK ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT - NORTH LITTLE ROCK HYDRO PLANT, North Little Rock, AR: NPDES AR0048542 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NORTH LITTLE ROCK ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT - NORTH LITTLE ROCK HYDRO PLANT, held by NORTH LITTLE ROCK ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT, holds NPDES permit AR0048542, which discharges to Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued June 25, 2018 and expiring June 30, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedNORTH LITTLE ROCK ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT - NORTH LITTLE ROCK HYDRO PLANT
Permittee as filedNORTH LITTLE ROCK ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT
NPDES IDAR0048542
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
IssuedJune 25, 2018
Expiration dateJune 30, 2023
AddressNorth Little Rock, AR 72218
Receiving waterARKANSAS R

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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
Oil & Grease1231January 31, 200413% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant660
pH600

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 AR0048542.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES AR0048542, held by the North Little Rock Electric Department for its North Little Rock Hydro Plant, which discharges to the Arkansas R. The page lists the permit as administratively continued and identifies 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.