Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0042561
LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT - AMBASSADOR CAFFERY STP, Lafayette, LA: NPDES LA0042561 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT - AMBASSADOR CAFFERY STP, held by Lafayette Consolidated Government - Ambassador Caffery STP, holds NPDES permit LA0042561, which discharges to Vermilion River. EPA’s file records it issued September 3, 2014 and expiring September 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 filed | LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT - AMBASSADOR CAFFERY STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Lafayette Consolidated Government - Ambassador Caffery STP |
| NPDES ID | LA0042561 |
| 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 3, 2014 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2019 |
| Address | Lafayette, LA 70502 |
| Receiving water | VERMILION RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Coulee Ile Des Cannes (HUC 080801030108) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 | 6 | 45 | 36 | January 31, 2008 | 496% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 46 | 34 | December 31, 2009 | 688% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 38 | 26 | February 28, 2013 | 204% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 6 | 2 | January 31, 2005 | 243% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 9 | 1 | July 31, 2008 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 9 | 1 | March 31, 2008 | 400% over the limit |
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 4 | 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 LA0042561.
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 September 15, 2026.