Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0005941
CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Lake Charles, LA: NPDES LA0005941 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 38Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 14Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, held by CITGO Petroleum Corporation - Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex, holds NPDES permit LA0005941, which discharges to 0315. EPA’s file records it issued September 15, 2017 and expiring October 31, 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 | CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CITGO Petroleum Corporation - Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex |
| NPDES ID | LA0005941 |
| 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 | September 15, 2017 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2022 |
| Address | Lake Charles, LA 70602 |
| Receiving water | 0315 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Maple Fork-Bayou D'Inde (HUC 080802060301) |
| SIC | 2911 – Petroleum Refining |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAD008080350; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002201900016 |
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
- 49Pollutants on file
- 38Under a numeric limit
- 41With a violation of any kind
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 12 | 67 | 43 | January 31, 2008 | 3,620% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 64 | 43 | May 31, 2015 | 289% over the limit |
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 2 | 29 | 23 | October 31, 2022 | 3,757% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 6 | 29 | 20 | June 30, 2023 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 23 | 17 | October 31, 2008 | 709% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 17 | 14 | September 30, 2001 | 412% over the limit |
| pH | 26 | 47 | 11 | December 31, 2006 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 24 | 11 | June 30, 2018 | 1,113% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 3 | 13 | 10 | May 31, 2021 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 8 | 7 | June 30, 2015 | 1,500% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 0 | 6 | 6 | June 30, 2025 | 13,637% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 10 | 25 | 5 | December 31, 2007 | 193% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 7 | 5 | June 30, 1996 | 15,732% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 3 | 7 | 4 | May 31, 2021 | 777% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 26 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 4 | 19 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Statre 7Day Chronic Cyprinodon Variega | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| HLF Pass/Fail Statre 7Day Chronic Mysidopsis Bahia | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| HLF Pass/Fail Statre 7Day Chronic Cyprinodon Varie | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Cyprinodeon variegatus | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| BTEX | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 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 LA0005941.
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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