Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0033294
TOWN OF BALDWIN - WWTP, Baldwin, LA: NPDES LA0033294 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TOWN OF BALDWIN - WWTP, held by TOWN OF BALDWIN, holds NPDES permit LA0033294, which discharges to Bayou Chaupique. EPA’s file records it issued April 23, 2020 and expiring May 31, 2025. 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 | TOWN OF BALDWIN - WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TOWN OF BALDWIN |
| NPDES ID | LA0033294 |
| 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 | April 23, 2020 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2025 |
| Address | Baldwin, LA 70514 |
| Receiving water | BAYOU CHAUPIQUE |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bayou Choupique-Frontal Intercoastal Waterway (HUC 080801030404) |
| 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
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 | 6 | 89 | 50 | September 30, 2024 | 410% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 48 | 9 | February 28, 2025 | 171% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 34 | 8 | June 30, 2025 | 1,400% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 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
- 12Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2023 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| May 24, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| May 24, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| May 24, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| December 31, 2022 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| December 31, 2020 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| July 4, 2019 | Permit Violations - Failure to Submit Timely Permit Renewal Application | ST6 |
| August 15, 2018 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| March 5, 2018 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| December 31, 2017 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| December 1, 2017 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| December 1, 2017 | WW SSO - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
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.