Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0002887
CLECO POWER, LLC - TECHE POWER STATION, Baldwin, LA: NPDES LA0002887 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CLECO POWER, LLC - TECHE POWER STATION, held by Cleco Power, LLC - Teche Power Station, holds NPDES permit LA0002887, which discharges to Charenton Navigation Canal. EPA’s file records it issued June 17, 2010 and expiring June 30, 2015. 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 | CLECO POWER, LLC - TECHE POWER STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Cleco Power, LLC - Teche Power Station |
| NPDES ID | LA0002887 |
| 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 | June 17, 2010 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2015 |
| Address | Baldwin, LA 70514 |
| Receiving water | CHARENTON NAVIGATION CANAL |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bayou Choupique-Frontal Intercoastal Waterway (HUC 080801030404) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 31Pollutants on file
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 18With 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 | 20 | 14 | 12 | April 30, 2015 | 136% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 9 | 7 | July 31, 1999 | 5% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 7 | 5 | August 31, 2020 | 127% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 5 | 3 | May 31, 1993 | 550% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 2 | 2 | October 31, 1989 | 70% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 22 | 11 | 1 | October 31, 1997 | 1% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BTEX | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 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 LA0002887.
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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