Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0000604
LOUISIANA SUGAR REFINERY, Gramercy, LA: NPDES LA0000604 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LOUISIANA SUGAR REFINERY, held by Louisiana Sugar Refining, LLC, holds NPDES permit LA0000604, which discharges to 0701. EPA’s file records it issued January 3, 2018 and expiring January 31, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | LOUISIANA SUGAR REFINERY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Louisiana Sugar Refining, LLC |
| NPDES ID | LA0000604 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 3, 2018 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2023 |
| Address | Gramercy, LA 70052 |
| Receiving water | 0701 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Claiborne Island (HUC 080701000105) |
| SIC | 2062 – Cane Sugar Refining |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAD039168562; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002209300284 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 31Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 113 | 107 | January 31, 2026 | 1,113% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 74 | 68 | May 31, 2021 | 840% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 8 | 8 | December 31, 2021 | 19,650% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 6 | 7 | 4 | June 30, 2022 | 232% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 5 | 4 | August 31, 1998 | 90% over the limit |
| pH | 22 | 19 | 3 | January 31, 2012 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 26 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia Dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total production - mass | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2019 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
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 October 14, 2026.