Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0060291
DOLET HILLS LIGNITE COMPANY LLC - OXBOW MINE, Pelican, LA: NPDES LA0060291 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DOLET HILLS LIGNITE COMPANY LLC - OXBOW MINE, held by Dolet Hills Lignite Company LLC - Oxbow Mine, holds NPDES permit LA0060291. EPA’s file records it issued October 22, 2025 and expiring August 31, 2030. 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 | DOLET HILLS LIGNITE COMPANY LLC - OXBOW MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Dolet Hills Lignite Company LLC - Oxbow Mine |
| NPDES ID | LA0060291 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 22, 2025 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2030 |
| Issuing agency | LDEQ |
| Address | Pelican, LA 71063 |
| Subwatershed | Dolet Bayou-Jims River (HUC 111402060405) |
| SIC | 1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface |
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
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES LA0060291.
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES LA0060291.
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.