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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0038822

GRAMBLING, CITY OF, Grambling, LA: NPDES LA0038822 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GRAMBLING, CITY OF, held by City of Grambling, holds NPDES permit LA0038822, which discharges to Redwine Creek/Dugdemona River. EPA’s file records it issued October 31, 2014 and expiring November 30, 2019. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedGRAMBLING, CITY OF
Permittee as filedCity of Grambling
NPDES IDLA0038822
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 31, 2014
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2019
AddressGrambling, LA 71245
Receiving waterREDWINE CREEK/DUGDEMONA RIVER
SubwatershedRedwine Creek (HUC 080403030203)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]6240189July 31, 2026750% over the limit
Solids, total suspended6201160August 31, 20254,057% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]6157102February 28, 20214,485% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general212785July 31, 202699,999% over the limit
Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubia210856April 30, 2026100% over the limit
Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas29854October 31, 2025100% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]42622June 30, 2026900% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual1146March 31, 20245,718% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1215November 30, 201853% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]055June 30, 2026108% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]4224December 31, 202237,318% over the limit
pH2292July 31, 2018
Total phenols022September 30, 20241,209% over the limit
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2360
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2360
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2360
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2340
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2340
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2340
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2340
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2320
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas1240
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia1230
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2170
Toluene040
Nitrogen, total [as N]030
Phosphorus, total [as P]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
June 1, 2025Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
April 30, 2025Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
December 2, 2024Permit Violations - Failure to Submit Timely Permit Renewal ApplicationST6
September 30, 2024Failure to submit noncompliance report - SSO discharge [40 CFR 122.41(l)(7)]ST6
September 16, 2024Failure to minimize or prevent SSO to waters of the U.S. - adverse impacts [40 CFR 122.41(d)]ST6
September 16, 2024Failure to properly operate and maintain the sanitary sewer system [40 CFR 122.41(e)]ST6
September 5, 2024Failure to minimize or prevent SSO to waters of the U.S. - adverse impacts [40 CFR 122.41(d)]ST6
September 5, 2024Failure to properly operate and maintain the sanitary sewer system [40 CFR 122.41(e)]ST6
August 23, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
August 23, 2024Reporting Violations - Noncompliance with Section 308 Information RequestST6
August 23, 2024Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
July 31, 2024Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
July 1, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
December 31, 2022Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
October 18, 2022WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 18, 2022WW SSO - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 18, 2022Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
August 9, 2022Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
July 29, 2022WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 29, 2022WW SSO - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
December 31, 2021Management Practice Violations - Violation of a milestone in an orderST6
December 31, 2021Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
December 1, 2021Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
December 1, 2021Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
November 30, 2021Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
November 29, 2021WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
November 29, 2021WW SSO - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
August 31, 2021Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
August 4, 2021Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
August 4, 2021Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
August 4, 2021Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
August 4, 2021Failure to comply with recordkeeping requirements - industrial stormwater [40 CFR 122.41(j)]ST6
June 30, 2020Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
March 31, 2020Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
October 28, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 28, 2019Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
October 28, 2019WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Implement SWPPP/SWMPST6
May 31, 2019Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
October 31, 2018WW SSO - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 31, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
April 30, 2018WW SSO - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 30, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
December 31, 2017Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
November 30, 2017WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
November 30, 2017WW SSO - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
November 1, 2017Management Practice Violations - Violation of a milestone in an orderST6
October 19, 2017WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Implement SWPPP/SWMPST6
September 30, 2017WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 30, 2017WW SSO - 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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES LA0038822, held by GRAMBLING, CITY OF in Grambling, LA, which discharges to REDWINE CREEK/DUGDEMONA RIVER in the Redwine Creek subwatershed (HUC 080403030203). The permit is listed as administratively continued and classed as a Major discharger, with 22 pollutants under a numeric limit and 13 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.