Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0006181
SOLSTICE ADVANCED MATERIALS US, INC.- GEISMAR FACILITY, Geismar, LA: NPDES LA0006181 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 73Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 1Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
SOLSTICE ADVANCED MATERIALS US, INC.- GEISMAR FACILITY, held by Honeywell International Inc., holds NPDES permit LA0006181, which discharges to Mississippi R & B Braud-Blind R. EPA’s file records it issued January 8, 2016 and expiring January 7, 2021. 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 | SOLSTICE ADVANCED MATERIALS US, INC.- GEISMAR FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Honeywell International Inc. |
| NPDES ID | LA0006181 |
| 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 | January 8, 2016 |
| Expiration date | January 7, 2021 |
| Address | Geismar, LA 70734 |
| Receiving water | MISSISSIPPI R & B BRAUD-BLIND R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Claiborne Island (HUC 080701000105) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAD985211689; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002200500003 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 74Pollutants on file
- 73Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 74 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 37 | 31 | December 31, 2025 | 667% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 11 | 9 | November 30, 2021 | 900% over the limit |
| Cycles Of Concentration | 0 | 8 | 8 | December 31, 2025 | 47% over the limit |
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 9 | 7 | November 30, 2016 | 66% over the limit |
| pH | 14 | 16 | 6 | July 31, 2020 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 9 | 5 | October 31, 2025 | 68% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 2 | 10 | 3 | June 30, 2021 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 5 | 7 | 3 | August 31, 2016 | 101% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 16 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Alpha, gross particle activity | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Radium 226, total | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Trichloroethylene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Methyl chloride [Chloromethane] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 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 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2-Nitrophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4-Nitrophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES LA0006181.
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 24, 2026 | Evaluation | S |
Formal enforcement and penalties
0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.
Informal enforcement
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 6, 2026 | Phone Call/ EMAIL | State |
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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