Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ARL021601
SEARCY BOARD OF PUB. UTILITIES, Searcy, AR: NPDES ARL021601 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SEARCY BOARD OF PUB. UTILITIES, held by SEARCY, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit ARL021601. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2021 and expiring December 31, 2025. 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 | SEARCY BOARD OF PUB. UTILITIES |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SEARCY, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | ARL021601 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Associated permit record |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Biosolids |
| Issued | January 1, 2021 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2025 |
| Address | Searcy, AR 72145 |
| Subwatershed | Alder Creek-Little Red River (HUC 110100140903) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 26Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 26With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Unit w/liner/leachate collection system | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Unit boundary to property line distance | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ARL021601.
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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 1, 2025 | PR: Biosolids - Land Application: Invalid Monitoring or Unrepresentative Sample Violation (002 - Total Nitrogen (TKN plus Nitrate-Nitrite) - Average) | EP6 |
| July 1, 2025 | PR: Biosolids - Land Application: Invalid Monitoring or Unrepresentative Sample Violation (002 - Total Nitrogen (TKN plus Nitrate-Nitrite) - Average) | EP6 |
| April 1, 2025 | PR: Biosolids - Land Application: Invalid Monitoring or Unrepresentative Sample Violation (002 - Total Nitrogen (TKN plus Nitrate-Nitrite) - Average) | EP6 |
| January 1, 2025 | PR: Biosolids - Land Application: Invalid Monitoring or Unrepresentative Sample Violation (002 - Total Nitrogen (TKN plus Nitrate-Nitrite) - Average) | EP6 |
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.