Fort Smith is a regulated small MS4 under Arkansas General Permit ARR040000 issued by ADEQ (now Arkansas DEQ). The city's Stormwater Ordinance and Storm Drainage Standards require erosion control on land-disturbing activities and on-site BMP maintenance by the property owner.
Fort Smith operates under the Arkansas MS4 General Permit ARR040000 administered by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (now Arkansas DEQ) under the federal NPDES program and the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act (A.C.A. 8-4-101 et seq.). The city has adopted a Stormwater Ordinance and the City of Fort Smith Storm Drainage Standards establishing minimum stormwater management and erosion-control requirements consistent with ADEQ. Property owners are responsible for maintaining stormwater facilities and BMPs on their property; the city has inspection authority and may issue notices of violation. Fort Smith also operates under a 2015 federal sanitary-sewer consent decree (Case 14-cv-02266, W.D. Ark.) addressing SSOs caused by inflow and infiltration, separate from MS4 stormwater obligations but related to wet-weather discharges.
Discharging non-stormwater into the MS4, failing to maintain a required BMP, or land-disturbance without an approved erosion-control plan violates the city ordinance and the ARR040000 permit. ADEQ can pursue civil penalties under A.C.A. 8-4-103.
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