Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0039748
ABBEVILLE, CITY OF, Abbeville, LA: NPDES LA0039748 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ABBEVILLE, CITY OF, held by CITY OF ABBEVILLE, holds NPDES permit LA0039748, which discharges to Youngs North Coulee. EPA’s file records it issued September 16, 2016 and expiring October 31, 2021. 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 | ABBEVILLE, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CITY OF ABBEVILLE |
| NPDES ID | LA0039748 |
| 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 | September 16, 2016 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2021 |
| Address | Abbeville, LA 70510 |
| Receiving water | YOUNGS NORTH COULEE |
| Subwatershed | Youngs South Coulee-Vermilion River (HUC 080801030202) |
| 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
- 22Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 33 | 18 | July 31, 2022 | 110% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 30 | 12 | September 30, 2021 | 483% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 21 | 2 | October 31, 2007 | 190% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 12 | 2 | January 31, 2000 | 22% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2014 | 111% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 13 | 1 | March 31, 2015 | |
| Whole effluent toxicity | 0 | 5 | 1 | September 30, 2016 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas | 2 | 0 | 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
- 9Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| September 7, 2023 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Develop Adequate SPCC Plan | ST6 |
| September 7, 2023 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Implement SPCC Plan | ST6 |
| September 7, 2023 | Failure to properly conduct industrial stormwater inspections | ST6 |
| September 7, 2023 | Failure to develop, maintain, or get approval of an adequate SWPPP (industrial stormwater) | ST6 |
| September 7, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| September 7, 2023 | Permit Violations - CWA §308 Failure to submit required permit application information | ST6 |
| December 31, 2022 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| December 31, 2019 | 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.