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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ARG550734

BATES DISTRIBUTING, Russellville, AR: NPDES ARG550734 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BATES DISTRIBUTING, held by M-K Grocer Company, Inc., holds NPDES permit ARG550734, which discharges to 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 (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedBATES DISTRIBUTING
Permittee as filedM-K Grocer Company, Inc.
NPDES IDARG550734
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
AddressRussellville, AR 72801
Receiving waterArkansas R
SubwatershedBakers Creek-Illinois Bayou (HUC 111102021004)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Coliform, fecal general264December 31, 202599,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C242December 31, 202558% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]121December 31, 202522% over the limit
pH220
Solids, total suspended220
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant220

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 ARG550734.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES ARG550734, held by M-K Grocer Company, Inc. for the facility BATES DISTRIBUTING in Russellville, AR, which discharges to the Arkansas R in the Bakers Creek-Illinois Bayou subwatershed (HUC 111102021004). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a minor discharger class, and the page reports 6 pollutants on file, 6 under a numeric limit, 6 with a violation of any kind, and 3 with an effluent exceedance.