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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0038091

SEWERAGE & WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS - EAST BANK STP, New Orleans, LA: NPDES LA0038091 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SEWERAGE & WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS - EAST BANK STP, held by Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans- East Bank STP, holds NPDES permit LA0038091, which discharges to Mississippi River. EPA’s file records it issued August 19, 2020 and expiring August 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 filedSEWERAGE & WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS - EAST BANK STP
Permittee as filedSewerage and Water Board of New Orleans- East Bank STP
NPDES IDLA0038091
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 19, 2020
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2025
AddressNew Orleans, LA 70117
Receiving waterMISSISSIPPI RIVER
SubwatershedMississippi River-Bonnet Carre Spillway (HUC 080901000101)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler LAR000054866; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002207100089

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

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 121 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended63021April 30, 201458% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general41810October 31, 20251,400% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual1139September 30, 2025340% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C6186April 30, 201427% over the limit
BOD, percent removal [total]011March 31, 202653% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]6210
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]0180
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex4120
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas4120
NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex4120
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas4120
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex2120
Cadmium, total [as Cd]3110
Copper, total [as Cu]3110
Lead, total [as Pb]3110
Nickel, total [as Ni]3110
Silver, total [as Ag]3110
Zinc, total [as Zn]3110
Selenium, total [as Se]3110
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas2100
1,3-Dichlorobenzene0100
1,4-Dichlorobenzene0100
2-Chlorophenol0100
2,4-Dichlorophenol0100
2,4-Dinitrotoluene0100
2,4-Dinitrophenol0100
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol0100
Heptachlor0100
pH480
Arsenic, total [as As]380
Mercury, total [as Hg]380
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]080
Cyanide, total [as CN]080
Fluoride, total [as F]080
Barium, total [as Ba]080
Beryllium, total [as Be]080
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]080
Chromium, trivalent [as Cr]080
Thallium, total [as Tl]080
Antimony, total [as Sb]080
p-Dichlorobenzene080
2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxypropionic acid080
Dichlorobromomethane080
Carbon tetrachloride080
1,2-Dichloroethane080
Bromoform080
Chloroform080
Phenolics, total recoverable080
Toluene080
Benzene080
Acrolein080
Acrylonitrile080
Anthracene080
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether080
Bis[2-chloro-1-methylethyl] ether080
Chlorobenzene080
Diethyl phthalate080
Dimethyl phthalate080
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine080
.beta.-Endosulfan080

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 31, 2022Management Practice Violations - Failure to Develop Adequate SPCC PlanST6
December 1, 2020Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
October 31, 2020Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
March 14, 2017WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Implement SWPPP/SWMPST6
March 14, 2017Management Practice Violations - Failure to Implement SPCC PlanST6
March 14, 2017Management Practice Violations - Failure to Develop Adequate SPCC PlanST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES LA0038091, held by Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans- East Bank STP and discharging to the Mississippi River. The facts list a permit status of administratively continued, a major discharger class, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 31 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.