The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Salesville, Arkansas, (“Salesville”) entered into an April 22nd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations involving the Underground Injection Control (“UIC”) Code and Sanitary Sewer Overflow (“SSO”). See LIS No. 21-033.
The CAO provides that Salesville operates a decentralized wastewater treatment system with drip irrigation dispersal (“Facility”) in Baxter County, Arkansas.
DEQ is stated to have issued a state No-Discharge Permit (“Permit”) to Salesville in 2015. The Permit is stated to have become effective on September 1, 2015, and expired on August 31, 2020.
Salesville is stated to have been provided a request for a Corrective Action Plan (“CAP”) by DEQ to address permitted effluent discharge limitations and SSOs reported by the City in accordance with the Permit. The CAP is stated to have been required to contain a milestone schedule, final date of compliance and be certified by a Professional Engineer (“P.E.”) licensed in the State of Arkansas.