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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0097276

SEWER DISTRICT #7 WWTP, Shreveport, LA: NPDES LA0097276 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SEWER DISTRICT #7 WWTP, held by CADDO PARISH SEWERAGE DISTRICT #7, holds NPDES permit LA0097276, which discharges to Mccain Creek-12 Mi Bayou-Red River. EPA’s file records it issued March 23, 2017 and expiring April 30, 2022. 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 filedSEWER DISTRICT #7 WWTP
Permittee as filedCADDO PARISH SEWERAGE DISTRICT #7
NPDES IDLA0097276
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
IssuedMarch 23, 2017
Expiration dateApril 30, 2022
AddressShreveport, LA 71107
Receiving waterMCCAIN CREEK-12 MI BAYOU-RED RIVER
SubwatershedTwelvemile Bayou Outlet (HUC 111403040303)
SIC4952 – 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

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]37569June 30, 2026412% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general26157July 31, 202699,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual054July 31, 20261,415% over the limit
Solids, total suspended382March 31, 202633% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]360
pH240
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant240
Nitrogen, total [as N]330
Phosphorus, total [as P]330
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]120

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
December 31, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
May 11, 2023Failure to properly operate and maintain the sanitary sewer system [40 CFR 122.41(e)]ST6
December 31, 2022Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
November 3, 2022Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
March 28, 2022Failure to properly operate and maintain the sanitary sewer system [40 CFR 122.41(e)]ST6
December 31, 2018Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
December 31, 2018Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
September 30, 2018Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
May 31, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
March 6, 2018Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
March 6, 2018Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
February 7, 2018WW SSO - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
February 7, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 7, 2018Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
December 31, 2017Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
July 31, 2017Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
June 30, 2017Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
June 30, 2017Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6

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.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES LA0097276 for Sewer District #7 WWTP in Shreveport, LA, held by Caddo Parish Sewerage District #7, which discharges to Mccain Creek-12 Mi Bayou-Red River within the Twelvemile Bayou Outlet subwatershed (HUC 111403040303). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a minor discharger class, 9 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it was issued March 23, 2017 with an expiration date of April 30, 2022.