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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0004154

BIRLA CARBON USA INC.- NORTH BEND PLANT, Centerville, LA: NPDES LA0004154 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BIRLA CARBON USA INC.- NORTH BEND PLANT holds NPDES permit LA0004154, which discharges to 0531. EPA’s file records it issued January 8, 2016 and expiring January 31, 2021. 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 filedBIRLA CARBON USA INC.- NORTH BEND PLANT
Permittee as filedBIRLA CARBON USA INC.- NORTH BEND PLANT
NPDES IDLA0004154
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 8, 2016
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2021
AddressCenterville, LA 70522
Receiving water0531
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHog Bayou-Frontal Wax Lake (HUC 080801010501)
SIC2895 – Carbon Black
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler LAR000033449; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002210100005

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
Cooling Water Intake Velocity077May 31, 20251,040% over the limit
Solids, total suspended16385February 28, 202685% over the limit
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]8315May 31, 20261,229,900% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general8253June 30, 2025503% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant22600
pH14380
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C8220
Chloride [as Cl]8130
Sulfate, total [as SO4]8130
Solids, total dissolved8130
Oil and grease280
Oil & Grease320
Magnesium, total [as Mg]200
Sodium, total [as Na]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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 11, 2019Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
June 11, 2019WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to develop any or adequate SWPPP/SWMPST6
March 31, 2019Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
March 31, 2019Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
June 30, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6

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 LA0004154 for BIRLA CARBON USA INC.- NORTH BEND PLANT in Centerville, LA, which discharges to receiving water 0531 and sits in the Hog Bayou-Frontal Wax Lake watershed (HUC 080801010501). The page lists a Minor Discharger class, 13 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it reports the permit as administratively continued, issued January 8, 2016 and expiring January 31, 2021.