Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0043575
LEESVILLE, CITY OF, Leesville, LA: NPDES LA0043575 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 14Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LEESVILLE, CITY OF, held by City of Leesville, holds NPDES permit LA0043575, which discharges to Castor Bayou/Bayou Anacoco. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 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 | LEESVILLE, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Leesville |
| NPDES ID | LA0043575 |
| 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 29, 2016 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2021 |
| Address | Leesville, LA 71446 |
| Receiving water | CASTOR BAYOU/BAYOU ANACOCO |
| Subwatershed | Big Branch-Castor Bayou (HUC 120100050307) |
| 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
- 28Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 28With a violation of any kind
- 14With 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 | 2 | 96 | 78 | July 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 82 | 51 | August 31, 2025 | 7,075% over the limit |
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas | 2 | 32 | 22 | July 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 58 | 20 | June 30, 2016 | 2,616% over the limit |
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubia | 2 | 26 | 16 | July 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 51 | 11 | June 30, 2016 | 1,791% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 40 | 11 | May 31, 2021 | 57% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 43 | 7 | June 30, 2016 | 92,967% over the limit |
| Hexachlorobenzene | 8 | 18 | 6 | June 30, 2020 | 676,374% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 32 | 5 | January 31, 2025 | 153% over the limit |
| Whole effluent toxicity | 0 | 40 | 4 | September 30, 2016 | 25% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 24 | 4 | February 28, 2017 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 11 | 3 | September 30, 2015 | 11% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 35 | 1 | June 30, 2016 | 117% over the limit |
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 48 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 46 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 44 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 44 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 0 | 2 | 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
- 10Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2024 | Failure to submit noncompliance report - SSO discharge [40 CFR 122.41(l)(7)] | ST6 |
| June 6, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| June 6, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| July 31, 2023 | Failure to submit noncompliance report - SSO discharge [40 CFR 122.41(l)(7)] | ST6 |
| July 19, 2023 | Failure to minimize or prevent SSO to waters of the U.S. - adverse impacts [40 CFR 122.41(d)] | ST6 |
| July 19, 2023 | Failure to properly operate and maintain the sanitary sewer system [40 CFR 122.41(e)] | ST6 |
| March 31, 2018 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| March 31, 2018 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| March 10, 2017 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 10, 2017 | WW SSO - Improper Operation and Maintenance | 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.