Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0077984
ELECTROLESS NICKEL PLATING OF LOUISIANA, INC, Hammond, LA: NPDES LA0077984 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ELECTROLESS NICKEL PLATING OF LOUISIANA, INC, held by ELECTROLESS NICKEL PLATING OF, holds NPDES permit LA0077984, which discharges to Yellow Water River Natalbany River. EPA’s file records it issued March 18, 2016 and expiring April 30, 2021. 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 | ELECTROLESS NICKEL PLATING OF LOUISIANA, INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ELECTROLESS NICKEL PLATING OF |
| NPDES ID | LA0077984 |
| 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 | March 18, 2016 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2021 |
| Address | Hammond, LA 70403 |
| Receiving water | YELLOW WATER RIVER NATALBANY RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Yellow Water River (HUC 080702030304) |
| SIC | 3479 – Metal Coating And Allied Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAD081414377; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002210500024 |
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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 36 | 36 | December 31, 2025 | 20,650% over the limit |
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 19 | 17 | March 31, 2026 | 3,551% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 11 | 7 | December 31, 2025 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 6 | 4 | July 31, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 3 | March 31, 2026 | 118% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2023 | 738% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2022 | 2,129% over the limit |
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 4 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2020 | 12% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| October 30, 2020 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| October 30, 2020 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| December 31, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| September 30, 2018 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| March 31, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | 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.