Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0038598

TOWN OF CHURCH POINT, Church Point, LA: NPDES LA0038598 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
7Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

TOWN OF CHURCH POINT holds NPDES permit LA0038598, which discharges to 5b. EPA’s file records it issued June 19, 2014 and expiring July 31, 2019.

TOWN OF CHURCH POINT, Church Point, Louisiana: Individual permit LA0038598; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 19, 2014, term to July 31, 2019; discharges to 5B.

Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 6 limits, 175 violations of any kind, 175 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 955% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal general: 2 limits, 92 violations of any kind, 92 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 99,999% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 78 violations of any kind, 75 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2026, largest 1,017% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 6 limits, 21 violations of any kind, 21 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2026, largest 280% over the limit.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

August 17, 2022: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).

Louisiana holds 357 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 31 were issued before LA0038598.

Coverages issued nearest LA0038598

February 4, 2014: SEWERAGE DISTRICT NO. 1 OF TANGIPAHOA PARISH- BEDICO REGIONAL STF, Ponchatoula, LA0122611, held by SEWERAGE DISTRICT NO.1 OF TANGIPAHOA PARISH
February 14, 2014: BOSSIER, CITY OF- WWTP, Bossier City, LA0065978, held by BOSSIER CITY DEPT OF PUB UTILI
February 20, 2014: CARROLLTON WATER PLANT, New Orleans, LA0000086, held by SEWERAGE & WATER BOARD OF NEW
February 20, 2014: TOWN OF MARINGOUIN WWTF, Maringouin, LA0086771
April 30, 2014: ELTON, TOWN OF-WASTEWATER TREA, Elton, LA0061719, held by ELTON, TOWN OF JEFFERSON DAVIS
June 19, 2014: TOWN OF WISNER STP, Wisner, LA0038644
June 19, 2014: WINNFIELD, CITY OF- WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Winnfield, LA0043915, held by City of Winnfield- Wastewater Treatment Plant
June 19, 2014: WINN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, Winnfield, LA0107000, held by CORRECTIONS CORP OF AMERICA
July 1, 2014: ARCADIA, TOWN OF-WWTP, Arcadia, LA0038504, held by Town of Arcadia- WWTP
July 15, 2014: TIMBER BRANCH II STP, Mandeville, LA0122645, held by ST. TAMMANY PARISH GOVERNMENT

TOWN OF CHURCH POINT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 4 discharge permits in the Grand Coulee Ditch-Bayou Plaquemine Brule subwatershed (HUC 080802010203), LA0038598 among them. Its county holds 49, 4 of them major permits; LA0038598 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Grand Coulee Ditch-Bayou Plaquemine Brule subwatershed (HUC 080802010203)

ACADIA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD - BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Branch: LAG542510, minor permit, permit term to November 30, 2027
MOUNIER FARMS, LLC, Church Point: LA0127757, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2029
RICHARD BOOSTER STATION, Eunice: LA0122807, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2023

Identity

Facility as filed	TOWN OF CHURCH POINT
Permittee as filed	TOWN OF CHURCH POINT
NPDES ID	LA0038598
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	June 19, 2014
Expiration date	July 31, 2019
Address	Church Point, LA 70525
Receiving water	5B
Subwatershed	Grand Coulee Ditch-Bayou Plaquemine Brule (HUC 080802010203)
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

7Pollutants on file
7Under a numeric limit
4With a violation of any kind
4With 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	175	175	June 30, 2026	955% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	92	92	June 30, 2026	99,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	3	78	75	May 31, 2026	1,017% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	6	21	21	April 30, 2026	280% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	2	0	0
pH	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
August 17, 2022	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES LA0038598.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES LA0038598.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES LA0038598 held by TOWN OF CHURCH POINT in Church Point, LA, which discharges to 5b within the Grand Coulee Ditch-Bayou Plaquemine Brule subwatershed (HUC 080802010203). The facts list a permit status of Administratively continued, a Minor Discharger class, 7 pollutants on file, 4 of them under a numeric limit, and 4 with an effluent exceedance.