Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ARG160012

WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ARKANSAS, INC., Pine Bluff, AR: NPDES ARG160012 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
5Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ARKANSAS, INC., held by WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ARKANSAS, holds NPDES permit ARG160012, which discharges to Trib,Saline R,Ouachita R. EPA’s file records it issued September 2, 2014 and expiring February 29, 2020. 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	WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ARKANSAS, INC.
Permittee as filed	WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ARKANSAS
NPDES ID	ARG160012
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 2, 2014
Expiration date	February 29, 2020
Address	Pine Bluff, AR 71602
Receiving water	Trib,Saline R,Ouachita R
Subwatershed	Little Derrieusseaux Creek-Derrieusseaux Creek (HUC 080402030501)
NAICS	562212 – Solid Waste Landfill
SIC	4953 – Refuse Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler ARD981513708; ICIS-AIR source AR0000000506900170

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

5Pollutants on file
5Under a numeric limit
5With a violation of any kind
4With 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
Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD]	2	23	20	July 31, 2025	287% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	2	9	6	February 28, 2025	340% over the limit
pH	4	15	5	September 30, 2020
Oil & Grease	2	5	2	November 30, 2022	213% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	6	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 ARG160012.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ARG160012, held by WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ARKANSAS, INC. in Pine Bluff, AR, which is listed as administratively continued and classed as a Minor Discharger. The page reports 5 as the discharger class figure, with 4 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.