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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0038342

COUSHATTA FOREST PRODUCTS, LLC, Coushatta, LA: NPDES LA0038342 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

COUSHATTA FOREST PRODUCTS, LLC, held by IDAHO TIMBER OF COUSHATTA LLC, holds NPDES permit LA0038342, which discharges to Posey Branch Bayou-Red River. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2016 and expiring November 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 filedCOUSHATTA FOREST PRODUCTS, LLC
Permittee as filedIDAHO TIMBER OF COUSHATTA LLC
NPDES IDLA0038342
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 29, 2016
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2021
AddressCoushatta, LA 71019
Receiving waterPOSEY BRANCH BAYOU-RED RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedPosey Branch-Bayou Nicholas (HUC 111402020202)
SIC2421 – Sawmills And Planing Mills, General
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler LAR000028985; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002208100009

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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended2135December 31, 2022112% over the limit
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]162March 31, 2021102% over the limit
pH6100
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant6100
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit150
Oil & Grease140
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]210

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES LA0038342.

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 NPDES permit LA0038342 for COUSHATTA FOREST PRODUCTS, LLC in Coushatta, LA, which is administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger, discharging to POSEY BRANCH BAYOU-RED RIVER. The page lists 7 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued September 29, 2016 and expiring November 30, 2021.