Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0052582
BIG RIVER STEEL HOLDINGS LLC, Osceola, AR: NPDES AR0052582 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BIG RIVER STEEL HOLDINGS LLC, held by Big River Steel Holdings LLC, holds NPDES permit AR0052582, which discharges to Mississippi R. EPA’s file records it issued June 28, 2016 and expiring June 30, 2021. 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 | BIG RIVER STEEL HOLDINGS LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Big River Steel Holdings LLC |
| NPDES ID | AR0052582 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 28, 2016 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2021 |
| Address | Osceola, AR 72370 |
| Receiving water | MISSISSIPPI R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Fletcher Towhead-Mississippi River (HUC 080101000604) |
| NAICS | 331110 – Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing |
| SIC | 3312 – Blast Furnaces And Steel Mills |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ARR000028563; ICIS-AIR source AR0000000509300991 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 23Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickel, total recoverable | 8 | 8 | 4 | November 30, 2017 | 225% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 8 | 6 | 2 | December 31, 2020 | 16% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 7 | 1 | November 30, 2017 | |
| Oil & Grease | 14 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 1 | 0 | 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 AR0052582.
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.