The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Hedger Operating Company, LLC (“Hedger”) entered into a January 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Industrial Stormwater General Permit. See LIS No. 21-005.
Hedger is stated to operate a sand and gravel aggregate site (“Facility”) in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
The Facility is stated to discharge processed water and stormwater to an unnamed tributary of Mud Creek which eventually flows into the White River. Such discharge is stated to be regulated pursuant to the Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”).