Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0002780
PQ LLC - PINEVILLE PLANT, Pineville, LA: NPDES LA0002780 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PQ LLC - PINEVILLE PLANT, held by PQ CORPORATION - PINEVILLE PLANT, holds NPDES permit LA0002780, which discharges to Flagon Bayou. EPA’s file records it issued September 5, 2017 and expiring October 31, 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 filed | PQ LLC - PINEVILLE PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PQ CORPORATION - PINEVILLE PLANT |
| NPDES ID | LA0002780 |
| 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 | September 5, 2017 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2022 |
| Address | Pineville, LA 71361 |
| Receiving water | FLAGON BAYOU |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper Flagon Bayou (HUC 080403040501) |
| SIC | 2819 – Industrial Inorganic Chemicals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAD047756085; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002207900070 |
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
- 17Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 2 | 7 | 2 | June 30, 2026 | 233% over the limit |
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 5 | 1 | June 30, 2017 | 209% over the limit |
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2017 | 97% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2017 | 153% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 82 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 77 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 4 | 30 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 8 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 8 | 10 | 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 LA0002780.
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.