Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0040207
TERREBONNE PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT - NORTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Houma, LA: NPDES LA0040207 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TERREBONNE PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT - NORTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by TERREBONNE PH GOVT-HOUMA NORTH, holds NPDES permit LA0040207, which discharges to Louis Canal-Bayou Terrebonne. EPA’s file records it issued August 8, 2020 and expiring August 31, 2025. 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 | TERREBONNE PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT - NORTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TERREBONNE PH GOVT-HOUMA NORTH |
| NPDES ID | LA0040207 |
| 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 | August 8, 2020 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2025 |
| Address | Houma, LA 70361 |
| Receiving water | LOUIS CANAL-BAYOU TERREBONNE |
| Subwatershed | Bayou Terrebonne (HUC 080903020501) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAR000004770 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 20With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 24 | 21 | January 31, 2016 | 96% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 13 | 10 | January 31, 2025 | 41% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 7 | 5 | September 30, 2024 | 954% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 2 | 1 | January 31, 2016 | 52% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES LA0040207.
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.