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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0049417

ENTERGY ARKANSAS, LLC - HOT SPRING PLANT, Malvern, AR: NPDES AR0049417 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ENTERGY ARKANSAS, LLC - HOT SPRING PLANT, held by Entergy Arkansas, LLC - Hot Spring Plant, holds NPDES permit AR0049417, which discharges to Ouachita R. EPA’s file records it issued May 15, 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 filedENTERGY ARKANSAS, LLC - HOT SPRING PLANT
Permittee as filedEntergy Arkansas, LLC - Hot Spring Plant
NPDES IDAR0049417
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 15, 2018
Expiration dateJune 30, 2023
AddressMalvern, AR 72104
Receiving waterOUACHITA R
SubwatershedBlack Branch (HUC 080401020105)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ARR000010272; ICIS-AIR source AR0000000505900229

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Chlorine, free available4219July 31, 2006319% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4128June 30, 2009358% over the limit
pH6151December 31, 2002
Oil & Grease8200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant6180
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex220
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas220
NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex220
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas220
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex220
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas220
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1100
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2100
WET, sublethal retest #1100
WET, sublethal retest #2100
Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3100
Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3100

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 AR0049417.

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 AR0049417 for ENTERGY ARKANSAS, LLC - HOT SPRING PLANT in Malvern, AR, which is administratively continued as a Major Discharger class permit discharging to the OUACHITA R in the Black Branch subwatershed (HUC 080401020105). The page lists 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue and expiration dates as recorded in EPA's file.