Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0003735
REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY LLC, Lake Charles, LA: NPDES LA0003735 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY LLC, held by Reynolds Metals Company LLC- Lake Charles Carbon Company, holds NPDES permit LA0003735, which discharges to 0315. EPA’s file records it issued December 28, 2017 and expiring January 31, 2023. 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 | REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Reynolds Metals Company LLC- Lake Charles Carbon Company |
| NPDES ID | LA0003735 |
| 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 | December 28, 2017 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2023 |
| Address | Lake Charles, LA 70605 |
| Receiving water | 0315 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Calcasieu River-Prien Lake (HUC 080802060303) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAD083469270; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002201900011 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 26Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 11 | 29 | 11 | December 31, 2025 | 170% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 11 | 30 | 8 | June 30, 2023 | 473% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 6 | 15 | 5 | May 31, 2015 | 170% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 9 | 4 | June 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 0 | 4 | 4 | June 30, 2026 | 69,046% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 11 | 2 | March 31, 2014 | 61% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 7 | 2 | June 30, 2023 | 20% over the limit |
| pH | 26 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 26 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 8 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 15, 2017 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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.