Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0038423
TOWN OF GREENSBURG WWTF, Greensburg, LA: NPDES LA0038423 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TOWN OF GREENSBURG WWTF, held by GREENSBURG, TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit LA0038423, which discharges to Joseph Branch-Tickfaw River. EPA’s file records it issued September 7, 2017 and expiring October 31, 2022. 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 GREENSBURG WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GREENSBURG, TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | LA0038423 |
| 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 | September 7, 2017 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2022 |
| Address | Greensburg, LA 70441 |
| Receiving water | JOSEPH BRANCH-TICKFAW RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Joseph Branch-Tickfaw River (HUC 080702030105) |
| 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
- 10Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 | 75 | 60 | October 31, 2025 | 820% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 41 | 26 | August 31, 2025 | 327% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 58 | 25 | August 31, 2022 | 360% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 29 | 7 | October 31, 2025 | 820% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 20 | 2 | December 31, 2024 | 42% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 23 | 1 | March 31, 2024 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 5 | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| May 4, 2022 | Permit Violations - Failure to Submit Timely Permit Renewal Application | ST6 |
| December 31, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| December 31, 2019 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | 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.