Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ARG550896

PAUL SPEER, Benton, AR: NPDES ARG550896 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

PAUL SPEER, held by Paul Speer, holds NPDES permit ARG550896, which discharges to Trib,Haw Cr,N Frk Saline R,Saline R,Ouachita R. EPA’s file records it issued March 26, 2025 and expiring June 30, 2029. 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	PAUL SPEER
Permittee as filed	Paul Speer
NPDES ID	ARG550896
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	March 26, 2025
Expiration date	June 30, 2029
Address	Benton, AR 72019
Receiving water	Trib,Haw Cr,N Frk Saline R,Saline R,Ouachita R
Subwatershed	Lower North Fork Saline River (HUC 080402030103)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
1With 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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	2	2	December 31, 2025	56% over the limit
pH	2	0	0
Solids, total suspended	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0
Coliform, fecal general	2	0	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	0	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 ARG550896.

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 public-records page covers NPDES permit ARG550896, held by Paul Speer in Benton, AR, which discharges to the Trib, Haw Cr, N Frk Saline R, Saline R, and Ouachita R receiving waters in the Lower North Fork Saline River subwatershed (HUC 080402030103). The permit is listed as effective with a minor discharger class, issued March 26, 2025 and expiring June 30, 2029, with 6 pollutants on file, 6 under a numeric limit, 1 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.