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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ARG550547

HESTER RESIDENCE, Alexander, AR: NPDES ARG550547 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HESTER RESIDENCE, held by Joe Hester, holds NPDES permit ARG550547, which discharges to Trib,N Fork Saline R,Saline R,Ouachita 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 filedHESTER RESIDENCE
Permittee as filedJoe Hester
NPDES IDARG550547
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 3, 2018
Expiration dateJune 30, 2024
AddressAlexander, AR 72002
Receiving waterTrib,N Fork Saline R,Saline R,Ouachita R
SubwatershedLower North Fork Saline River (HUC 080402030103)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended244June 30, 2023220% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C233December 31, 201874% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]111December 31, 201723% over the limit
pH200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Coliform, fecal general200

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ARG550547.

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.

What this page shows

This page is a public-records entry for NPDES permit ARG550547, held by Joe Hester for HESTER RESIDENCE in Alexander, AR, with the status listed as administratively continued and the discharger class as minor. The permit covers 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and records 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the receiving water given as Trib,N Fork Saline R,Saline R,Ouachita R in the Lower North Fork Saline River subwatershed (HUC 080402030103).