Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0005584
EXXON COMPANY USA BATON ROUGE, Baton Rouge, LA: NPDES LA0005584 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EXXON COMPANY USA BATON ROUGE, held by EXXON CO USA-BATON ROUGE REFINERY, holds NPDES permit LA0005584, which discharges to Mississippi River. EPA’s file records it issued August 30, 2017 and expiring September 30, 2022. 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 | EXXON COMPANY USA BATON ROUGE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | EXXON CO USA-BATON ROUGE REFINERY |
| NPDES ID | LA0005584 |
| 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 30, 2017 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2022 |
| Address | Baton Rouge, LA 70805 |
| Receiving water | MISSISSIPPI RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Manchac Point (HUC 080701000104) |
| SIC | 2911 – Petroleum Refining |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAD062662887; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002203300015 |
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
- 28Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 13 | 5 | September 30, 2008 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 2 | 6 | 4 | August 31, 2004 | 224% over the limit |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 2 | 11 | 3 | March 31, 2024 | 242% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 9 | 1 | July 31, 2014 | |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 9 | 1 | March 31, 2002 | 7% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 7 | 1 | October 31, 2002 | 3% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 7 | 1 | February 29, 2008 | 119% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 3 | 2 | 1 | December 31, 2017 | 66% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 5 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2024 | 48% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BTEX | 1 | 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 LA0005584.
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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