Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ARG550683
DELTA FARMS, Lake City, AR: NPDES ARG550683 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DELTA FARMS, held by Delta Farms of Lake City, Inc., holds NPDES permit ARG550683, which discharges to St Francis 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 | DELTA FARMS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Delta Farms of Lake City, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | ARG550683 |
| 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 | Lake City, AR 72437 |
| Receiving water | St Francis R |
| Subwatershed | Purcell Slough (HUC 080202031003) |
| NAICS | 111160 – Rice Farming |
| SIC | 0112 – Rice |
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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 8 | 2 | December 31, 2025 | 267% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 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 ARG550683.
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.