The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Mountain Top Suburban Improvement District (“Mountain Top”) entered into an April 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit. See LIS No. 21-034.
The CAO provides that Mountain Top operates a non-municipal domestic sewage treatment works (“Facility”) in Garland County, Arkansas.
The Facility discharges treated wastewater to an unnamed tributary of Mill Creek which eventually moves to the Ouachita River. Such discharge is regulated pursuant to an NPDES permit.
The NPDES permit is stated to have expired on December 31, 2017. DEQ is stated to have notified Mountain Top that the permit would expire and that in order to continue the regulated activity, a complete renewal application must be submitted no later than July 4, 2019. Such NPDES permit renewal a
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Magazine, Arkansas, (“Magazine”) entered into a February 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit. See LIS No. 21-016.
The CAO provides that Magazine operates a wastewater treatment plant (“Facility”) in Logan County, Arkansas.
The Facility is stated to discharge treated wastewater to an unnamed tributary that eventually flows to the Arkansas River. Such discharge is regulated pursuant to an NPDES permit.
DEQ is stated to have sent Magazine on June 14, 2017, correspondence referencing repeated violations of the permitted effluent limits for total ammonia nitrogen. The letter requested a Corrective Action Plan (“CAP”) for such alleged violations. The CAP is stated to have required a milestone schedule, final date of compliance, and c
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Earle, Arkansas, (“Earle”) entered into a January 11th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit. See LIS No. 20-203.
The CAO provides that Earle operates a municipal wastewater treatment facility (“Facility”) in Crittenden County, Arkansas.
The Facility is stated to discharge treated wastewater to the Tyronza River and eventually the St. Francis River. The discharge is authorized pursuant to an NPDES permit.
DEQ is stated to have conducted a Reconnaissance Inspection of the Facility on November 20, 2019. The following violations were allegedly identified: