Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0054399
PELICAN REFINING CO., LLC - LAKE CHARLES FACILITY, Lake Charles, LA: NPDES LA0054399 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PELICAN REFINING CO., LLC - LAKE CHARLES FACILITY, held by PELICAN REFINING COMPANY, LLC-, holds NPDES permit LA0054399, which discharges to 07a. EPA’s file records it issued August 13, 2013 and expiring August 31, 2018. 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 | PELICAN REFINING CO., LLC - LAKE CHARLES FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PELICAN REFINING COMPANY, LLC- |
| NPDES ID | LA0054399 |
| 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 | August 13, 2013 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2018 |
| Address | Lake Charles, LA 70615 |
| Receiving water | 07A |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Goldsmith Canal-Calcasieu River (HUC 080802030707) |
| SIC | 2911 – Petroleum Refining |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAD092476126 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 0 | 110 | 4 | June 30, 2022 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 106 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| March 12, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| March 12, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Implement SPCC Plan | ST6 |
| March 12, 2021 | Failure to properly conduct industrial stormwater inspections | ST6 |
| March 12, 2021 | Failure to properly install, initiate, or fully implement industrial stormwater controls | ST6 |
| March 31, 2020 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
| January 31, 2020 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
| September 30, 2019 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| June 30, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| March 31, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| December 31, 2018 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | 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.