Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0020419

PORT BARRE TOWN OF - WWTP, Port Barre, LA: NPDES LA0020419 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

PORT BARRE TOWN OF - WWTP, held by PORT BARRE, TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit LA0020419, which discharges to 5m. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2020 and expiring October 31, 2025.

PORT BARRE TOWN OF - WWTP, Port Barre, Louisiana: Individual permit LA0020419, held by PORT BARRE, TOWN OF; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 29, 2020, term to October 31, 2025; discharges to 5M.

Solids, total suspended: 6 limits, 471 violations of any kind, 429 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2026, largest 6,204% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal general: 4 limits, 209 violations of any kind, 177 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 99,999% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 6 limits, 158 violations of any kind, 110 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2021, largest 4,030% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 6 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 18 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2021, largest 1,774% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 6 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2019, largest 89% over the limit.
pH: 4 limits, 41 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 40 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

February 8, 2022: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
February 8, 2022: Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify (ST6).
February 8, 2022: Permit Violations - CWA §308 Failure to submit required permit application information (ST6).
February 26, 2021: WW SSO - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
February 26, 2021: WW SSO - Discharge to Waters (ST6).
February 26, 2021: Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) (ST6).
April 29, 2020: WW SSO - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
September 30, 2017: Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs (ST6).
July 6, 2017: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
April 4, 2017: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).

Louisiana holds 357 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 324 were issued before LA0020419.

Coverages issued nearest LA0020419

August 18, 2020: COLUMBIA HEIGHTS SEWERAGE DISTRICT NO 1, Columbia, LA0060712, held by Columbia Heights Sewerage District No. 1
August 18, 2020: ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH - WALLACE WWTP, Vacherie, LA0099759, held by ST.JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH
August 18, 2020: GREATER OUACHITA WATER CO - INDIAN LAKES SUBDIVISION STP, West Monroe, LA0105163, held by GREATER OUACHITA WATER COMPANY
August 18, 2020: LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT - SEDIMENT PONDS AT 323 MALAPART ROAD, Lafayette, LA0117161, held by Lafayette Consolidated Government - Sludge Dewatering Ponds
August 19, 2020: SEWERAGE & WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS - EAST BANK STP, New Orleans, LA0038091, held by Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans- East Bank STP
September 29, 2020: RAYNE CITY OF - WWTP, Rayne, LA0039055, held by RAYNE, CITY OF
September 29, 2020: HARAHAN CITY OF - CITY OF HARAHAN WWTP, Harahan, LA0043940, held by HARAHAN, CITY OF
September 29, 2020: LADPSC - LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY - ANGOLA, Angola, LA0051217, held by Louisiana Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections- Louisiana State Penitentiary
September 29, 2020: COVINGTON CITY OF - COVINGTON SEWERAGE TREATMENT FACILITY, Covington, LA0084336, held by City of Covington- Sewerage Treatment Facility
September 29, 2020: ROSELAND TOWN OF - WWTP, Roseland, LA0100790, held by ROSELAND, TOWN OF

PORT BARRE TOWN OF - WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the Bayou Teche-Bayou Gerimond subwatershed (HUC 080801020607), LA0020419 among them. Its county holds 66, 5 of them major permits; LA0020419 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Bayou Teche-Bayou Gerimond subwatershed (HUC 080801020607)

BOBCAT GAS STORAGE, Port Barre: LAG679122, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2013
OPELOUSAS (HWY 31) DG, LLC - DOLLAR GENERAL #30453, Opelousas: LAG536728, minor permit, permit term to November 30, 2027

Identity

Facility as filed	PORT BARRE TOWN OF - WWTP
Permittee as filed	PORT BARRE, TOWN OF
NPDES ID	LA0020419
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 29, 2020
Expiration date	October 31, 2025
Address	Port Barre, LA 70577
Receiving water	5M
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Bayou Teche-Bayou Gerimond (HUC 080801020607)

Effluent limits and exceedances

10Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
5With 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	6	471	429	April 30, 2026	6,204% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	4	209	177	June 30, 2026	99,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	6	158	110	December 31, 2021	4,030% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	6	30	18	May 31, 2021	1,774% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	6	22	10	September 30, 2019	89% over the limit
pH	4	41	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	40	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	0	4	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	6	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	6	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

10Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
February 8, 2022	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
February 8, 2022	Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify	ST6
February 8, 2022	Permit Violations - CWA §308 Failure to submit required permit application information	ST6
February 26, 2021	WW SSO - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
February 26, 2021	WW SSO - Discharge to Waters	ST6
February 26, 2021	Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)	ST6
April 29, 2020	WW SSO - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
September 30, 2017	Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs	ST6
July 6, 2017	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
April 4, 2017	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES LA0020419.

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

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES LA0020419.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit LA0020419, held by PORT BARRE, TOWN OF for the PORT BARRE TOWN OF - WWTP in Port Barre, LA, which discharges to 5m. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 10 pollutants on file, 9 under a numeric limit, and 5 with an effluent exceedance.