Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0039187
LAKE PROVIDENCE TOWN OF - NORTH POND, Lake Providence, LA: NPDES LA0039187 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LAKE PROVIDENCE TOWN OF - NORTH POND, held by Town of Lake Providence- North Pond, holds NPDES permit LA0039187, which discharges to Mississippi River. EPA’s file records it issued September 24, 2019 and expiring November 30, 2024. 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 | LAKE PROVIDENCE TOWN OF - NORTH POND |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Town of Lake Providence- North Pond |
| NPDES ID | LA0039187 |
| 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 24, 2019 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2024 |
| Address | Lake Providence, LA 71254 |
| Receiving water | MISSISSIPPI RIVER |
| Subwatershed | 80301000200 (HUC 080301000200) |
| 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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 121 | 109 | July 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 57 | 37 | April 30, 2025 | 493% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 26 | 6 | May 31, 2025 | 141% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 17 | 5 | February 28, 2026 | |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| BOD, percent removal [total] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 1 | 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
- 21Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
| September 19, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| June 3, 2024 | Permit Violations - Failure to Submit Timely Permit Renewal Application | ST6 |
| December 31, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| November 30, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| November 30, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| February 28, 2023 | Failure to submit noncompliance report - SSO discharge [40 CFR 122.41(l)(7)] | ST6 |
| February 6, 2023 | Failure to properly operate and maintain the sanitary sewer system [40 CFR 122.41(e)] | ST6 |
| April 30, 2022 | Failure to submit noncompliance report - SSO discharge [40 CFR 122.41(l)(7)] | ST6 |
| April 21, 2022 | Failure to minimize or prevent SSO to waters of the U.S. - adverse impacts [40 CFR 122.41(d)] | ST6 |
| April 6, 2022 | Failure to minimize or prevent SSO to waters of the U.S. - adverse impacts [40 CFR 122.41(d)] | ST6 |
| April 6, 2022 | Failure to properly operate and maintain the sanitary sewer system [40 CFR 122.41(e)] | ST6 |
| December 31, 2021 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| September 30, 2020 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| September 18, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| September 18, 2020 | WW SSO - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| September 13, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| September 13, 2019 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| September 13, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| September 18, 2017 | WW SSO - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| September 18, 2017 | 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.