Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0032239
AMERICAN WATER OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, LLC. - NORTH FORT POLK WWTP, Fort Polk, LA: NPDES LA0032239 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AMERICAN WATER OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, LLC. - NORTH FORT POLK WWTP, held by American Water Operations and Maintenance, LLC. - North Fort Polk WWTP, holds NPDES permit LA0032239, which discharges to 3d. EPA’s file records it issued April 25, 2016 and expiring April 30, 2021. 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 | AMERICAN WATER OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, LLC. - NORTH FORT POLK WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | American Water Operations and Maintenance, LLC. - North Fort Polk WWTP |
| NPDES ID | LA0032239 |
| 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 25, 2016 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2021 |
| Address | Fort Polk, LA 71459 |
| Receiving water | 3D |
| Subwatershed | Whisky Chitto Creek Headwaters (HUC 080802040402) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 30Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 29With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 61 | 19 | September 30, 2013 | 257% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 31 | 13 | April 30, 2010 | 182% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 26 | 8 | July 31, 2017 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas | 2 | 16 | 8 | October 31, 2023 | 67% over the limit |
| Whole effluent toxicity | 0 | 12 | 8 | August 31, 2013 | 100% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 15 | 7 | March 31, 2009 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubia | 2 | 12 | 6 | October 31, 2023 | 67% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 30 | 3 | June 30, 2010 | 65% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 11 | 2 | April 30, 2012 | 1,567% over the limit |
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 23 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 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 LA0032239.
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.