Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0038814
VILLE PLATTE, CITY OF, Ville Platte, LA: NPDES LA0038814 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
VILLE PLATTE, CITY OF, held by City of Ville Platte, holds NPDES permit LA0038814, which discharges to Bayou Joe Marcel. EPA’s file records it issued May 22, 2015 and expiring June 30, 2020.
VILLE PLATTE, CITY OF, Ville Platte, Louisiana: Individual permit LA0038814, held by City of Ville Platte; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 22, 2015, term to June 30, 2020; discharges to BAYOU JOE MARCEL.
- Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 3 limits, 295 violations of any kind, 261 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 865% over the limit.
- Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 246 violations of any kind, 221 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2025, largest 930% over the limit.
- Coliform, fecal general: 2 limits, 211 violations of any kind, 190 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 99,999% over the limit.
- BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 3 limits, 166 violations of any kind, 136 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 433% over the limit.
- Copper, total [as Cu]: 2 limits, 57 violations of any kind, 21 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2025, largest 1,038% over the limit.
- pH: 2 limits, 27 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2026.
- Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 28 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2019, largest 809% over the limit.
- Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 2 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2018, largest 7% over the limit.
- Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1: 4 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2: 4 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- WET, sublethal retest #1: 4 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- WET, sublethal retest #2: 4 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3: 4 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3: 4 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 2 limits, 29 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 1 limit, 28 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 2 limits, 27 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 2 limits, 27 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 1 limit, 26 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 2 limits, 25 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 2 limits, 25 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 2 limits, 25 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 2 limits, 25 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 2 limits, 23 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Vinyl chloride: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Nitrogen, total [as N]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Phosphorus, total [as P]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Hardness, total [as CaCO3]: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- August 13, 2026: Under Review (State).
- December 31, 2024: Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error (ST6).
- August 31, 2024: Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error (ST6).
- July 31, 2024: Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) (ST6).
- May 29, 2024: Reporting Violations - Noncompliance with Section 308 Information Request (ST6).
- April 16, 2024: Permit Violations - CWA §308 Failure to submit required permit application information (ST6).
- December 31, 2023: Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) (ST6).
- November 9, 2023: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
- September 30, 2023: Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Toxicity Requirements (ST6).
- June 14, 2022: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
- June 14, 2022: Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation (ST6).
- March 31, 2022: Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) (ST6).
- January 31, 2022: Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting (ST6).
- December 31, 2021: Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting (ST6).
- June 1, 2021: Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error (ST6).
- June 10, 2020: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
- June 10, 2020: Failure to properly conduct industrial stormwater inspections (ST6).
- May 9, 2019: Permit Violations - CWA §308 Failure to submit required permit application information (ST6).
- May 9, 2019: Biosolids: Other Management Practice Violation (ST6).
- April 15, 2019: Management Practice Violations - Violation of a milestone in an order (ST6).
- March 31, 2019: Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) (ST6).
- December 31, 2018: Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) (ST6).
- August 31, 2018: Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs (ST6).
- June 27, 2018: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
- April 15, 2018: Management Practice Violations - Violation of a milestone in an order (ST6).
Louisiana holds 357 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 60 were issued before LA0038814.
Coverages issued nearest LA0038814
- March 30, 2015: BLANCHARD, TOWN OF - WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Blanchard, LA0038903, held by Town of Blanchard - Wastewater Treatment Plant
- March 30, 2015: NORTH HODGE, VILLAGE OF- NORTH HODGE SEWER SYSTEM, Hodge, LA0039829, held by Village of North Hodge- North Hodge Sewer System
- March 30, 2015: JONESVILLE WWTF, Jonesville, LA0044075, held by JONESVILLE, TOWN OF
- March 30, 2015: VILLAGE OF NATCHEZ STP, Natchez, LA0076686, held by NATCHEZ, VILLAGE OF
- April 23, 2015: LOREAUVILLE, VILLAGE OF- MUNICIPAL SEWER TREATMENT PLANT, Loreauville, LA0038440, held by Village of Loreauville- Municipal Sewer Treatment Plant
- May 22, 2015: ST. TAMMANY PARISH GOVT DEPT OF UTILITIES-TAMANEND WWTP, Lacombe, LA0124451, held by ST TAMMANY PARISH GOVT - TAMMANY UTILITIES
- May 28, 2015: HOMER, TOWN OF- WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Homer, LA0038521, held by Town of Homer- Wastewater Treatment Plant
- June 19, 2015: VILLAGE OF PARKS WWTF, Parks, LA0050006
- June 19, 2015: VILLAGE OF HALL SUMMIT STP, Hall Summit, LA0064611, held by VILLAGE OF HALL SUMMIT
- June 19, 2015: CALCASIEU PARISH. SD # 11 WTP, Lake Charles, LA0074357, held by CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY
VILLE PLATTE, CITY OF among its neighbors
EPA’s permit file holds 7 discharge permits in the Bayou Joe Marcel-Bayou Des Cannes subwatershed (HUC 080802010301), LA0038814 among them. Its county holds 27, 2 of them major permits; LA0038814 is a major permit.
Other permits in the Bayou Joe Marcel-Bayou Des Cannes subwatershed (HUC 080802010301)
- B&B CAMPGROUND LLC, Abbeville: LAG536687, minor permit, permit term to November 30, 2027
- COUNTRY ESTATES SUBDIVISION, Ville Platte: LA0122963, minor permit, permit term to April 30, 2018
- EVANGELINE PARISH POLICE JURY - WYBLE AREA SUBDIVISION STP, Ville Platte: LA0122971, minor permit, permit term to November 30, 2023
- GJ DEVILLE LUMBER CO INC - QUAIL BRIAR SUBDIVISION SEWER TREATMENT FACLILITY, Ville Platte: LAG560506, minor permit, permit term to April 30, 2030
- QUALITY ASSURED PLATING LLC, Ville Platte: LA0124613, minor permit, permit term to April 30, 2030
- VILLE PLATTE, CITY OF, Ville Platte: LAL038814, major permit, discharging to BAYOU JOE MARCEL, permit term to December 31, 2025
Identity
| Facility as filed | VILLE PLATTE, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Ville Platte |
| NPDES ID | LA0038814 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 22, 2015 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2020 |
| Address | Ville Platte, LA 70586 |
| Receiving water | BAYOU JOE MARCEL |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bayou Joe Marcel-Bayou Des Cannes (HUC 080802010301) |
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 30Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 30With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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] | 3 | 295 | 261 | July 31, 2026 | 865% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 246 | 221 | October 31, 2025 | 930% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 211 | 190 | July 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 166 | 136 | June 30, 2026 | 433% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 57 | 21 | June 30, 2025 | 1,038% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 27 | 5 | March 31, 2026 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 28 | 4 | May 31, 2019 | 809% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 14 | 3 | February 28, 2018 | 7% over the limit |
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 4 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 4 | 30 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 4 | 30 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 4 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 4 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 4 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 25 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 25 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 25 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Vinyl chloride | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 24Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| August 31, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| July 31, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| May 29, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Noncompliance with Section 308 Information Request | ST6 |
| April 16, 2024 | Permit Violations - CWA §308 Failure to submit required permit application information | ST6 |
| December 31, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| November 9, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| September 30, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| June 14, 2022 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| June 14, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| March 31, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| January 31, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| December 31, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| June 1, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| June 10, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| June 10, 2020 | Failure to properly conduct industrial stormwater inspections | ST6 |
| May 9, 2019 | Permit Violations - CWA §308 Failure to submit required permit application information | ST6 |
| May 9, 2019 | Biosolids: Other Management Practice Violation | ST6 |
| April 15, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - Violation of a milestone in an order | ST6 |
| March 31, 2019 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| December 31, 2018 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| August 31, 2018 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| June 27, 2018 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| April 15, 2018 | Management Practice Violations - Violation of a milestone in an order | ST6 |
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES LA0038814.
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
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 13, 2026 | Under Review | State |
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