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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ARG790098

MALVERN SHELL #80, Malvern, AR: NPDES ARG790098 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MALVERN SHELL #80, held by COULSON OIL COMPANY, holds NPDES permit ARG790098, which discharges to Ouachita River. EPA’s file records it issued March 31, 2011 and expiring March 31, 2016. 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 filedMALVERN SHELL #80
Permittee as filedCOULSON OIL COMPANY
NPDES IDARG790098
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
IssuedMarch 31, 2011
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2016
AddressMalvern, AR 72104
Receiving waterOUACHITA RIVER
SubwatershedStone Quarry Creek-Ouachita River (HUC 080401020101)
SIC5541 – Gasoline Service Stations

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
Benzene22822December 31, 2013980% over the limit
Benzene, toluene, xylene in combination21711June 30, 2012764% over the limit
Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable2104April 30, 201180% over the limit
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex170
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas170
NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex170
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas170
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex170
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas170
pH260
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant260
Solids, total suspended040
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs]040
Benzo[a]pyrene040
Whole effluent toxicity030

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 ARG790098.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ARG790098 for MALVERN SHELL #80 in Malvern, AR, held by COULSON OIL COMPANY, which discharges to the Ouachita River in the Stone Quarry Creek-Ouachita River subwatershed (HUC 080401020101). The permit is listed as a minor discharger under coverage of a general permit, administratively continued, with 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, out of 15 pollutants on file.