Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ARG550419
SIMS METAL MANAGEMENT, Lonoke, AR: NPDES ARG550419 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SIMS METAL MANAGEMENT, held by METAL MANAGEMENT-MEMPHIS, LLC, holds NPDES permit ARG550419, which discharges to Two Prairie Bayou. EPA’s file records it issued June 30, 2009 and expiring June 30, 2014. 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 | SIMS METAL MANAGEMENT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | METAL MANAGEMENT-MEMPHIS, LLC |
| NPDES ID | ARG550419 |
| 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 | June 30, 2009 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2014 |
| Address | Lonoke, AR 72086 |
| Receiving water | TWO PRAIRIE BAYOU |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | White Oak Branch-Bayou Two Prairie (HUC 080204020204) |
| 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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 18 | 10 | December 31, 2014 | 13,900% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 13 | 5 | June 30, 2014 | 633% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 10 | 2 | December 31, 2013 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 6 | 2 | December 31, 2013 | 67% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 8 | 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 ARG550419.
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.