Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0051900
OURO MINING, INC. - BATES MINE, Bates, AR: NPDES AR0051900 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
OURO MINING, INC. - BATES MINE, held by OURO MINING, INC.- BATES MINE, holds NPDES permit AR0051900, which discharges to Scott Branch,Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued May 15, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022. 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 filed | OURO MINING, INC. - BATES MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | OURO MINING, INC.- BATES MINE |
| NPDES ID | AR0051900 |
| 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 | May 15, 2017 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2022 |
| Address | Bates, AR 72958 |
| Receiving water | SCOTT BRANCH,ARKANSAS R |
| Subwatershed | East Shadley Creek-Poteau River (HUC 111101050302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 5Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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, settleable | 26 | 355 | 12 | March 31, 2026 | 900% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 6 | 83 | 1 | April 30, 2019 | 6% over the limit |
| pH | 30 | 400 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 30 | 398 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 56 | 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 AR0051900.
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.