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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0002925

SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY - ARSENAL HILL POWER PLANT, Shreveport, LA: NPDES LA0002925 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY - ARSENAL HILL POWER PLANT, held by Southwestern Electric Power Company - Arsenal Hill Power Plant, holds NPDES permit LA0002925, which discharges to 1005. EPA’s file records it issued June 18, 2015 and expiring July 31, 2020. 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 filedSOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY - ARSENAL HILL POWER PLANT
Permittee as filedSouthwestern Electric Power Company - Arsenal Hill Power Plant
NPDES IDLA0002925
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
IssuedJune 18, 2015
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2020
AddressShreveport, LA 71156
Receiving water1005
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLower Cross Lake-Cross Bayou Outlet (HUC 111403040506)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler LAD000820936; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002201700008

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended433January 31, 201323% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit311August 31, 20163% over the limit
Chromium, total [as Cr]440
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas220
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas220
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas220
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas220
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas220
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1800
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2800
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant800
Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3800
pH400
Copper, total [as Cu]400
Zinc, total [as Zn]400
Oil and grease400
WET, sublethal retest #1400
WET, sublethal retest #2400
Chlorine, free available400
Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3400
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex200
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas200
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex200
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas200
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex200
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas200
Chlorine, total residual100

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 LA0002925.

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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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES LA0002925 for Southwestern Electric Power Company - Arsenal Hill Power Plant in Shreveport, LA, which is administratively continued and classed as a Major Discharger. The page lists 32 as the discharger class figure, with 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.