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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0003221

DAYBROOK FISHERIES INC, Empire, LA: NPDES LA0003221 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

DAYBROOK FISHERIES INC, held by DAYBROOK FISHERIES INC., holds NPDES permit LA0003221, which discharges to Mississippi River. EPA’s file records it issued August 29, 2019 and expiring September 30, 2024. 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 filedDAYBROOK FISHERIES INC
Permittee as filedDAYBROOK FISHERIES INC.
NPDES IDLA0003221
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 29, 2019
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2024
AddressEmpire, LA 70050
Receiving waterMISSISSIPPI RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedMississippi River-Grand Pass (HUC 080901000102)
SIC2077 – Animal And Marine Fats And Oils
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source LA0000002207500011

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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended4109March 31, 2023902% over the limit
Oil & Grease498June 30, 2023658% over the limit
pH4124October 31, 2022
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C244June 30, 2022818% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant440
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]210
Lead, total [as Pb]210
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination210
Benzene210
Nitrogen, total [as N]200
Phosphorus, total [as P]200

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 LA0003221.

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES LA0003221, held by DAYBROOK FISHERIES INC in Empire, LA, which discharges to the Mississippi River and is listed as impaired under 303(D). The page lists a Minor discharger class, 11 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit shown as issued August 29, 2019 and expiring September 30, 2024.