Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0007617
GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTL LLC - WEST MONROE MILL, West Monroe, LA: NPDES LA0007617 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTL LLC - WEST MONROE MILL, held by Graphic Packaging International, LLC. - West Monroe Paper Mill, holds NPDES permit LA0007617, which discharges to Ouachita River. EPA’s file records it issued April 26, 2012 and expiring May 31, 2017. 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 | GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTL LLC - WEST MONROE MILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Graphic Packaging International, LLC. - West Monroe Paper Mill |
| NPDES ID | LA0007617 |
| 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 | April 26, 2012 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2017 |
| Address | West Monroe, LA 71294 |
| Receiving water | OUACHITA RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Tupawek Bayou-Ouachita River (HUC 080402070203) |
| SIC | 2631 – Paperboard Mills |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAD008193567; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002207300001 |
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
- 30Pollutants on file
- 26Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 13 | 105 | 25 | June 30, 2017 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 100 | 20 | April 30, 2016 | 240% over the limit |
| pH | 20 | 105 | 15 | December 31, 2008 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 8 | 4 | 4 | June 30, 2014 | 6,022% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 10 | 2 | March 31, 2026 | 31% over the limit |
| BOD excursions | 1 | 33 | 1 | November 30, 2016 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 24 | 80 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, estimated | 1 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 8 | 0 | 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 |
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 LA0007617.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.