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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0079057

PINE PRAIRIE VILLAGE OF - WWTP, Pine Prairie, LA: NPDES LA0079057 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PINE PRAIRIE VILLAGE OF - WWTP, held by VILLAGE OF PINE PRARIE, holds NPDES permit LA0079057, which discharges to Boggy Bayou. EPA’s file records it issued February 20, 2019 and expiring March 31, 2024.

PINE PRAIRIE VILLAGE OF - WWTP, Pine Prairie, Louisiana: Individual permit LA0079057, held by VILLAGE OF PINE PRARIE; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued February 20, 2019, term to March 31, 2024; discharges to BOGGY BAYOU.

  • Coliform, fecal general: 2 limits, 129 violations of any kind, 127 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 99,999% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 108 violations of any kind, 99 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2026, largest 9,074% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 3 limits, 67 violations of any kind, 58 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2026, largest 99,999% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 3 limits, 49 violations of any kind, 40 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2026, largest 1,887% over the limit.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 2 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2020, largest 72% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, total [as N]: 3 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 3 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • October 1, 2025: Biosolids: Other Management Practice Violation (ST6).
  • March 31, 2024: Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit (ST6).
  • November 16, 2022: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
  • December 13, 2017: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).

Louisiana holds 357 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 272 were issued before LA0079057.

Coverages issued nearest LA0079057

PINE PRAIRIE VILLAGE OF - WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Boggy Bayou subwatershed (HUC 080802010103), LA0079057 among them. Its county holds 27, 2 of them major permits; LA0079057 is a minor permit.

Identity

Facility as filedPINE PRAIRIE VILLAGE OF - WWTP
Permittee as filedVILLAGE OF PINE PRARIE
NPDES IDLA0079057
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
IssuedFebruary 20, 2019
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2024
AddressPine Prairie, LA 70576
Receiving waterBOGGY BAYOU
SubwatershedBoggy Bayou (HUC 080802010103)

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
Coliform, fecal general2129127June 30, 202699,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended310899May 31, 20269,074% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]36758January 31, 202699,999% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]34940March 31, 20261,887% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]298July 31, 202072% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2140
Nitrogen, total [as N]360
Phosphorus, total [as P]360
Chlorine, total residual030
pH220

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 1, 2025Biosolids: Other Management Practice ViolationST6
March 31, 2024Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
November 16, 2022Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
December 13, 2017Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES LA0079057.

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 LA0079057.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit LA0079057 for PINE PRAIRIE VILLAGE OF - WWTP in Pine Prairie, LA, a publicly owned treatment works held by VILLAGE OF PINE PRARIE and discharging to Boggy Bayou in the Boggy Bayou subwatershed (HUC 080802010103). The page lists 10 pollutants on file, 9 under a numeric limit, and 10 with a violation of their limit, and records the permit as administratively continued.