Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ARG550479

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, Marianna, AR: NPDES ARG550479 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, held by University of Arkansas, holds NPDES permit ARG550479, which discharges to Lick C,Big C,White 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 (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Permittee as filed	University of Arkansas
NPDES ID	ARG550479
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	Marianna, AR 72360
Receiving water	Lick C,Big C,White R
Subwatershed	Headwaters Lick Creek (HUC 080203040302)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
6With a violation of any kind
1With 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	2	14	6	December 31, 2025	99,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	8	0
pH	2	8	0
Solids, total suspended	2	8	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	8	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	4	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 ARG550479.

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.

This EPA permit record covers NPDES permit ARG550479, held by University of Arkansas at Marianna, AR, which discharges to Lick C, Big C and White R in the Headwaters Lick Creek subwatershed (HUC 080203040302). The permit is listed as administratively continued, a minor discharger class, and a coverage under a general permit, with its issue and expiration dates as stated in the file. The page reports 6 pollutants on file, 6 under a numeric limit, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.