Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0043656
TOWN OF MARION, Marion, LA: NPDES LA0043656 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TOWN OF MARION, held by MARION, TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit LA0043656, which discharges to Big Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 24, 2017 and expiring March 31, 2022. 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 | TOWN OF MARION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MARION, TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | LA0043656 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 24, 2017 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2022 |
| Address | Marion, LA 71260 |
| Receiving water | BIG CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Big Creek-Bayou De Loutre (HUC 080402020603) |
| 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
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 8With 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 | 176 | 128 | May 31, 2026 | 544% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 90 | 58 | July 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 97 | 49 | July 31, 2023 | 193% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 92 | 44 | March 31, 2024 | 678% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 21 | 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
- 5Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2023 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | 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 |
| December 31, 2019 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| March 22, 2018 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | 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.