Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0000892
RUBICON LLC- GEISMAR FACILITY, Geismar, LA: NPDES LA0000892 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RUBICON LLC- GEISMAR FACILITY, held by Rubicon LLC- Geismar Facility, holds NPDES permit LA0000892, which discharges to Mississippi River & New River. EPA’s file records it issued April 30, 2014 and expiring May 31, 2019. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | RUBICON LLC- GEISMAR FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Rubicon LLC- Geismar Facility |
| NPDES ID | LA0000892 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 30, 2014 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2019 |
| Address | Geismar, LA 70734 |
| Receiving water | MISSISSIPPI RIVER & NEW RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Grand Goudine Bayou-New River (HUC 080702040103) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAD008213191; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002200500006 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 7 | 3 | January 31, 2005 | 54% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 14 | 2 | December 31, 2003 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 6 | 1 | October 31, 2016 | 12% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BTEX | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES LA0000892.
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 September 15, 2026.