Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0053384
EXPLORATORY VENTURES, LLC., Osceola, AR: NPDES AR0053384 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EXPLORATORY VENTURES, LLC., held by Exploratory Ventures, LLC, holds NPDES permit AR0053384, which discharges to Mississippi R. EPA’s file records it issued August 17, 2023 and expiring August 31, 2028. 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.
What the register holds for EXPLORATORY VENTURES, LLC.: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Osceola, Arkansas, its receiving water, and 23 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES AR0053384.
Identity
| Facility as filed | EXPLORATORY VENTURES, LLC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Exploratory Ventures, LLC |
| NPDES ID | AR0053384 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 17, 2023 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2028 |
| Address | Osceola, AR 72370 |
| Receiving water | Mississippi R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Fletcher Towhead-Mississippi River (HUC 080101000604) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ARR000033290; ICIS-AIR source AR0000000509301073 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 23Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 0With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 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 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AR0053384.
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 AR0053384.
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.