Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0082210

CLARKS TOWN OF - TOWN OF CLARKS/GRAYSON WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Clarks, LA: NPDES LA0082210 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
7Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

CLARKS TOWN OF - TOWN OF CLARKS/GRAYSON WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by TOWN OF CLARKS-CLARKS/GRAYSON STF, holds NPDES permit LA0082210, which discharges to Hurricane Creek B. Castor. EPA’s file records it issued March 29, 2018 and expiring April 30, 2023. 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	CLARKS TOWN OF - TOWN OF CLARKS/GRAYSON WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Permittee as filed	TOWN OF CLARKS-CLARKS/GRAYSON STF
NPDES ID	LA0082210
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	March 29, 2018
Expiration date	April 30, 2023
Address	Clarks, LA 71415
Receiving water	HURRICANE CREEK B. CASTOR
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Hurricane Creek (HUC 080403020202)
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

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

9Pollutants on file
7Under a numeric limit
9With a violation of any kind
3With 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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	3	59	42	April 30, 2026	350% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	3	46	29	April 30, 2026	2,433% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	25	15	November 30, 2025	34,650% over the limit
pH	2	10	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	10	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	3	9	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	3	9	0
BOD, percent removal [total]	0	1	0
Solids, suspended percent removal	0	1	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

6Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 21, 2020	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
June 30, 2018	Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation	ST6
May 7, 2018	WW SSO - Discharge to Waters	ST6
May 7, 2018	WW SSO - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
June 30, 2017	WW SSO - Discharge to Waters	ST6
June 30, 2017	WW SSO - Improper Operation and Maintenance	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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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act NPDES permit LA0082210 for the CLARKS TOWN OF - TOWN OF CLARKS/GRAYSON WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY in Clarks, LA, which is administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger. The page lists 7 for the discharger class, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.