Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0084425
VACCO INC., Houma, LA: NPDES LA0084425 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 33Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VACCO INC., held by VACCO INC, holds NPDES permit LA0084425, which discharges to B Grand Caillou & Houma Navigation. EPA’s file records it issued May 8, 2015 and expiring May 31, 2020. 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 | VACCO INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | VACCO INC |
| NPDES ID | LA0084425 |
| 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 | May 8, 2015 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2020 |
| Address | Houma, LA 70361 |
| Receiving water | B GRAND CAILLOU & HOUMA NAVIGATION |
| Subwatershed | Bayou La Carpe-Houma Navigation Canal (HUC 080903020601) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source LA0000002210900179 |
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
- 33Pollutants on file
- 33Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 8 | 17 | 17 | November 30, 2024 | 207% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2020 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2022 | 17% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 4 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2021 | 195% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cobalt, total [as Co] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tin, total [as Sn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| n-Decane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbazole | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| n-Octadecane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority pollutants scan [yes/no] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 1 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES LA0084425.
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.