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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0053155

ALPENA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Alpena, AR: NPDES AR0053155 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ALPENA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by ALPENA, TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit AR0053155, which discharges to Long Cr,Table Rock Lk,Lake Taneycomo,Bull Shoals. EPA’s file records it issued June 24, 2020 and expiring June 30, 2025. 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 filedALPENA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Permittee as filedALPENA, TOWN OF
NPDES IDAR0053155
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 24, 2020
Expiration dateJune 30, 2025
AddressAlpena, AR 72611
Receiving waterLONG CR,TABLE ROCK LK,LAKE TANEYCOMO,BULL SHOALS
SubwatershedLick Branch-Long Creek (HUC 110100011303)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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
Phosphorus, total [as P]37417February 28, 2026434% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]6614October 31, 2024391% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3603February 28, 2026309% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]3570
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3570
Coliform, fecal general4380
pH2380
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2380
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1190
Overflows1190
Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume]1190

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 AR0053155.

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 discharge permit AR0053155 for the ALPENA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY in Alpena, AR, held by ALPENA, TOWN OF, with a status of administratively continued and a discharger class of Minor. The page lists 11 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued June 24, 2020 and expiring June 30, 2025.