Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ARG550311
RUFF MORTUARY SERVICE, North Little Rock, AR: NPDES ARG550311 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RUFF MORTUARY SERVICE, held by Blake A. Ruff, holds NPDES permit ARG550311, which discharges to Trib,Faulkner Lk,Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued October 3, 2018 and expiring June 30, 2024. 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 | RUFF MORTUARY SERVICE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Blake A. Ruff |
| NPDES ID | ARG550311 |
| 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 | October 3, 2018 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2024 |
| Address | North Little Rock, AR 72116 |
| Receiving water | Trib,Faulkner Lk,Arkansas R |
| Subwatershed | Hills Lake (HUC 111102070403) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 6Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 | 2 | 76 | 34 | December 31, 2025 | 1,900% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 74 | 32 | December 31, 2025 | 6,160% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 36 | 15 | December 31, 2025 | 97% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 53 | 11 | June 30, 2021 | 4,788% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 44 | 2 | December 31, 2020 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 42 | 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 ARG550311.
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.