Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0005258
GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER OPERATIONAS, LLC- PORT HUDSON OPERATIONS, Zachary, LA: NPDES LA0005258 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 36Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER OPERATIONAS, LLC- PORT HUDSON OPERATIONS, held by Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations, LLC- Port Hudson Operations, holds NPDES permit LA0005258, which discharges to Mississippi River. EPA’s file records it issued August 5, 2013 and expiring August 31, 2018. 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 | GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER OPERATIONAS, LLC- PORT HUDSON OPERATIONS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations, LLC- Port Hudson Operations |
| NPDES ID | LA0005258 |
| 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 | August 5, 2013 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2018 |
| Address | Zachary, LA 70791 |
| Receiving water | MISSISSIPPI RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Cypress Bayou-Bayou Baton Rouge (HUC 080702010401) |
| SIC | 2611 – Pulp Mills |
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
- 38Pollutants on file
- 36Under a numeric limit
- 22With 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 | 8 | 7 | 6 | January 31, 2024 | 115% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 4 | 4 | June 30, 2021 | 135% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 9 | 10 | 3 | July 31, 2022 | 108% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 2 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2018 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 2 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2018 | 363% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2004 | 4% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 4 | 15 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroguaiacol | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachlorocatechol | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adsorbable organic halides [AOX] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichloroguaiacol | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,5-Trichloroguaiacol | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichlorocatechol | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,4,5-Tetrachlorophenol | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,5-Trichlorocatechol | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Trichlorosyringol | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4,5,6-Trichloroguaiacol | 3 | 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 LA0005258.
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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