Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0050601
BANKS, CITY OF, Banks, AR: NPDES AR0050601 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BANKS, CITY OF holds NPDES permit AR0050601, which discharges to Trib,L'Aigle Cr,Saline River,Ouachita River. EPA’s file records it issued May 8, 2017 and expiring May 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 | BANKS, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BANKS, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | AR0050601 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 8, 2017 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2022 |
| Address | Banks, AR 71631 |
| Receiving water | TRIB,L'AIGLE CR,SALINE RIVER,OUACHITA RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Irish Bill Creek-L'Aigle Creek (HUC 080402040602) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 374 | 63 | May 31, 2026 | 2,990% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 9 | 352 | 38 | October 31, 2024 | 580% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 224 | 18 | May 31, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 321 | 10 | June 30, 2022 | 95% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 214 | 8 | January 31, 2026 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 80 | 1 | May 31, 2022 | 40% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 206 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 1 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 1 | 44 | 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 AR0050601.
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.