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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0054691

LIBERTY STEEL - LAPLACE, Laplace, LA: NPDES LA0054691 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LIBERTY STEEL - LAPLACE, held by Liberty Steel - LaPlace, holds NPDES permit LA0054691, which discharges to 04i. EPA’s file records it issued September 5, 2017 and expiring October 31, 2022.

LIBERTY STEEL - LAPLACE, Laplace, Louisiana: Individual permit LA0054691, held by Liberty Steel - LaPlace; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 5, 2017, term to October 31, 2022; discharges to 04I.

  • Enterococci: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 2024, largest 14% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 24 limits, 64 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 20 limits, 46 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 14 limits, 25 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil & Grease: 6 limits, 21 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Lead, total [as Pb]: 4 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Zinc, total [as Zn]: 4 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 2 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 8 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Coliform, fecal general: 8 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Carbon, tot organic [TOC]: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • January 31, 2020: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

LIBERTY STEEL - LAPLACE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 63 discharge permits in the Claiborne Island subwatershed (HUC 080701000105), LA0054691 among them. Its county holds 49, 9 of them major permits; LA0054691 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Claiborne Island subwatershed (HUC 080701000105)

Identity

Facility as filedLIBERTY STEEL - LAPLACE
Permittee as filedLiberty Steel - LaPlace
NPDES IDLA0054691
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 5, 2017
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2022
AddressLaplace, LA 70068
Receiving water04I
SubwatershedClaiborne Island (HUC 080701000105)
SIC3312 – Blast Furnaces And Steel Mills
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler LAD094919339; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002209500017

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
Enterococci021June 30, 202414% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant24640
pH20460
Solids, total suspended14250
Oil & Grease6210
Lead, total [as Pb]4180
Zinc, total [as Zn]4180
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit290
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C840
Coliform, fecal general840
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]230

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 31, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES LA0054691.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES LA0054691.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit LA0054691 held by LIBERTY STEEL - LAPLACE in Laplace, LA, which discharges to receiving water 04I within the Claiborne Island subwatershed (HUC 080701000105). The page lists the permit as administratively continued, a minor discharger class, with 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.