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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0020605

TOWN OF KINDER, Kinder, LA: NPDES LA0020605 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TOWN OF KINDER holds NPDES permit LA0020605, which discharges to Calcasieu River. EPA’s file records it issued September 25, 2018 and expiring November 30, 2023.

TOWN OF KINDER, Kinder, Louisiana: Individual permit LA0020605; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 25, 2018, term to November 30, 2023; discharges to CALCASIEU RIVER.

  • Solids, total suspended: 6 limits, 157 violations of any kind, 146 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2026, largest 81,639% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 12 limits, 143 violations of any kind, 132 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2024, largest 1,275% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 12 limits, 87 violations of any kind, 76 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2024, largest 1,200% over the limit.
  • Coliform, fecal general: 4 limits, 25 violations of any kind, 19 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2025, largest 99,999% over the limit.
  • pH: 4 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2023.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest September 30, 2024, largest 50% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, total [as N]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • February 6, 2026: Phone Call/ EMAIL (State).

Louisiana holds 357 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 255 were issued before LA0020605.

Coverages issued nearest LA0020605

TOWN OF KINDER among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the Kinder Ditch-Calcasieu River subwatershed (HUC 080802030702), LA0020605 among them. Its county holds 17, 2 of them major permits; LA0020605 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Kinder Ditch-Calcasieu River subwatershed (HUC 080802030702)

Identity

Facility as filedTOWN OF KINDER
Permittee as filedTOWN OF KINDER
NPDES IDLA0020605
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 25, 2018
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2023
AddressKinder, LA 70648
Receiving waterCALCASIEU RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedKinder Ditch-Calcasieu River (HUC 080802030702)
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended6157146February 28, 202681,639% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]12143132November 30, 20241,275% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]128776August 31, 20241,200% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general42519May 31, 202599,999% over the limit
pH4115November 30, 2023
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]241September 30, 202450% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant480
Nitrogen, total [as N]300
Phosphorus, total [as P]300

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES LA0020605.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES LA0020605.

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
February 6, 2026Phone Call/ EMAILState

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit LA0020605 held by TOWN OF KINDER in Kinder, LA, which discharges to the Calcasieu River, with a status of administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The facts list 9 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.