Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0043532
CARGILL SALT- BREAUX BRIDGE, Breaux Bridge, LA: NPDES LA0043532 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CARGILL SALT- BREAUX BRIDGE, held by CARGILL, INC., holds NPDES permit LA0043532, which discharges to Vermilion River. EPA’s file records it issued February 19, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2021. 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 | CARGILL SALT- BREAUX BRIDGE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CARGILL, INC. |
| NPDES ID | LA0043532 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 19, 2016 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2021 |
| Address | Breaux Bridge, LA 70517 |
| Receiving water | VERMILION RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Evangeline Canal-Vermilion River (HUC 080801030107) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 | 4 | 4 | 4 | December 31, 2024 | 73% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 4 | 4 | December 31, 2024 | 80% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2018 | 9% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| November 21, 2023 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Develop Adequate SPCC Plan | 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 September 15, 2026.