Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0008036
CLECO POWER, LLC- RODEMACHER POWER STATION (BRAME ENERGY CENTER), Lena, LA: NPDES LA0008036 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CLECO POWER, LLC- RODEMACHER POWER STATION (BRAME ENERGY CENTER), held by Cleco Power, LLC- Rodemacher Power Station, holds NPDES permit LA0008036, which discharges to Rodemacher Lake-Bayou Jean De Jean. EPA’s file records it issued September 3, 2014 and expiring September 30, 2019. 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 | CLECO POWER, LLC- RODEMACHER POWER STATION (BRAME ENERGY CENTER) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Cleco Power, LLC- Rodemacher Power Station |
| NPDES ID | LA0008036 |
| 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 3, 2014 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2019 |
| Address | Lena, LA 71447 |
| Receiving water | RODEMACHER LAKE-BAYOU JEAN DE JEAN |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Cypress Creek (HUC 080403030102) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAD071941611; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002207900030 |
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
- 31Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 23With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 23 | 15 | 7 | December 31, 1998 | 63% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 3 | 3 | November 30, 2002 | 71% over the limit |
| pH | 20 | 10 | 2 | April 30, 1995 | |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 1994 | 7% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 24 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 15 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| HLF Pass/Fail Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, total [as C] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 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 LA0008036.
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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