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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0038547

TOWN OF JONESBORO, Jonesboro, LA: NPDES LA0038547 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TOWN OF JONESBORO holds NPDES permit LA0038547, which discharges to Garrett Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 31, 2017 and expiring September 30, 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 filedTOWN OF JONESBORO
Permittee as filedTOWN OF JONESBORO
NPDES IDLA0038547
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 31, 2017
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2022
AddressJonesboro, LA 71251
Receiving waterGARRETT CREEK
SubwatershedPineywood Branch-Dugdemona River (HUC 080403030303)
SIC4952 – 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

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
Coliform, fecal general23424June 30, 202699,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C32721August 31, 2020176% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3183May 31, 202686% over the limit
pH2122May 31, 2026
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2100
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]090
Chlorine, total residual040
Nitrogen, total [as N]330
Phosphorus, total [as P]330
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]030

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
November 30, 2025Failure to submit noncompliance report - SSO discharge [40 CFR 122.41(l)(7)]ST6
November 16, 2025Failure to properly operate and maintain the sanitary sewer system [40 CFR 122.41(e)]ST6
November 2, 2025Failure to minimize or prevent SSO to waters of the U.S. - adverse impacts [40 CFR 122.41(d)]ST6
November 2, 2025Failure to properly operate and maintain the sanitary sewer system [40 CFR 122.41(e)]ST6
January 8, 2021WW SSO - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
January 8, 2021WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 8, 2021Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
January 8, 2021Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
January 8, 2021Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
June 3, 2018WW SSO - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 3, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
December 31, 2017Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
August 28, 2017Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
August 22, 2017WW SSO - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
August 22, 2017Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
August 16, 2017WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 30, 2017Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
June 8, 2017WW SSO - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 8, 2017Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 8, 2017Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
June 8, 2017WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 9, 2017WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 9, 2017WW SSO - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
February 9, 2017Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
January 23, 2017Effluent Violations - Unauthorized DischargeST6
January 23, 2017Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6

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 LA0038547 for TOWN OF JONESBORO in Jonesboro, LA, which discharges to GARRETT CREEK in the Pineywood Branch-Dugdemona River subwatershed (HUC 080403030303). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 7 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, out of 10 pollutants on file.