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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0000752

LION COPOLYMER GEISMAR, LLC, Geismar, LA: NPDES LA0000752 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LION COPOLYMER GEISMAR, LLC, held by Lion Copolymer Geismar, LLC, holds NPDES permit LA0000752, which discharges to Mississippi River/New River. EPA’s file records it issued August 29, 2017 and expiring August 28, 2022. 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 filedLION COPOLYMER GEISMAR, LLC
Permittee as filedLion Copolymer Geismar, LLC
NPDES IDLA0000752
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 29, 2017
Expiration dateAugust 28, 2022
AddressGeismar, LA 70734
Receiving waterMISSISSIPPI RIVER/NEW RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedGrand Goudine Bayou-New River (HUC 080702040103)
SIC2822 – Synthetic Rubber
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler LAD008194060; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002200500012

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

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 70 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended295May 31, 202454% over the limit
Chloroethane275December 31, 20234,434% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C273January 31, 201799,999% over the limit
pH472February 28, 2023
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]132July 31, 2016246% over the limit
Oil and grease361September 30, 201556% over the limit
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]251January 31, 201738% over the limit
Oil & Grease011May 31, 20247% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant440
Toluene220
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit120
Carbon tetrachloride020
1,2-Dichloroethane020
Chloroform020
Benzene020
Acenaphthylene020
Acenaphthene020
Acrylonitrile020
Anthracene020
Benzo[b]fluoranthene020
Benzo[k]fluoranthene020
Benzo[a]pyrene020
Chlorobenzene020
Chrysene020
Diethyl phthalate020
Dimethyl phthalate020
Ethylbenzene020
Fluoranthene020
Fluorene020
Hexachlorobutadiene020
Hexachloroethane020
Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]020
Methylene chloride020
Nitrobenzene020
Phenanthrene020
Pyrene020
Tetrachloroethylene020
1,1-Dichloroethane020
1,1-Dichloroethylene020
1,1,1-Trichloroethane020
1,1,2-Trichloroethane020
Benzo[a]anthracene020
1,2-Dichlorobenzene020
1,2-Dichloropropane020
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene020
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene020
1,3-Dichlorobenzene020
1,4-Dichlorobenzene020
2-Nitrophenol020
2,4-Dimethylphenol020
2,4-Dinitrophenol020
4-Nitrophenol020
4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol020
Phenol020
Naphthalene020
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]020
Di-n-butyl phthalate020
Vinyl chloride020
Trichloroethylene020
Hexachlorobenzene020

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES LA0000752.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit LA0000752, held by LION COPOLYMER GEISMAR, LLC in Geismar, LA, which discharges to the Mississippi River/New River and is listed as Administratively continued with a Major Discharger class. The page lists 19 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with EPA's permit file recording issuance on August 29, 2017 and expiration on August 28, 2022.