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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0053261

GIBSLAND TOWN OF - WWTP, Gibsland, LA: NPDES LA0053261 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GIBSLAND TOWN OF - WWTP, held by Town of Gibsland, holds NPDES permit LA0053261. EPA’s file records it issued March 31, 2020 and expiring April 30, 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 filedGIBSLAND TOWN OF - WWTP
Permittee as filedTown of Gibsland
NPDES IDLA0053261
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 31, 2020
Expiration dateApril 30, 2025
AddressGibsland, LA 71028
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedWilliams Creek-Black Lake Creek (HUC 111402090104)
SIC4952 – 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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C6261210May 31, 202599,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended6201145June 30, 20251,287% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general4137105August 31, 202299,999% over the limit
pH45428January 31, 2024
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4440
Solids, total dissolved330
BOD, percent removal [total]010
Solids, suspended percent removal010
Nitrogen, total [as N]300
Phosphorus, total [as P]300
Sulfate, total [as SO4]300

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
February 29, 2020Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling ViolationST6
October 22, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 22, 2019WW SSO - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 30, 2018Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
June 26, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
December 31, 2017Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
April 30, 2017Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
January 31, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
January 31, 2017Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling ViolationST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit LA0053261 for GIBSLAND TOWN OF - WWTP in Gibsland, LA, held by the Town of Gibsland, with an administratively continued status and a Minor Discharger class. The facts list 9 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, out of 11 pollutants on file.