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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0098191

QUALA WASH HOLDINGS LLC - GEISMAR TERMINAL 260, Geismar, LA: NPDES LA0098191 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

QUALA WASH HOLDINGS LLC - GEISMAR TERMINAL 260, held by TRIMAC TRANSPORTATION SOUTH INC., holds NPDES permit LA0098191, which discharges to New River. EPA’s file records it issued March 14, 2017 and expiring March 31, 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 filedQUALA WASH HOLDINGS LLC - GEISMAR TERMINAL 260
Permittee as filedTRIMAC TRANSPORTATION SOUTH INC.
NPDES IDLA0098191
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 14, 2017
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2022
AddressGeismar, LA 70734
Receiving waterNEW RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedGrand Goudine Bayou-New River (HUC 080702040103)
SIC4231 – Trucking Terminal Facilities
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler LAR000010983; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002200500188

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

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 100 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Hexachlorobenzene13626March 31, 2022199,900% over the limit
Hexachlorobutadiene13222March 31, 2021382% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C23012October 31, 2020430% over the limit
Benzidine1188December 31, 2019249,900% over the limit
pH4486July 31, 2022
Solids, total suspended2246September 30, 2022144% over the limit
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]2224February 28, 201828% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general2153September 30, 2020455% over the limit
pH range excursions, > 60 minutes1112July 31, 20192,147,483,650% over the limit
Chloroform1111September 30, 2019252% over the limit
2,4-Dimethylphenol1111January 31, 201811% over the limit
Phenol1111January 31, 201854% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4400
Oil & Grease3290
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]1110
Cyanide, total [as CN]1100
Copper, total [as Cu]1100
Dichlorobromomethane1100
Carbon tetrachloride1100
1,2-Dichloroethane1100
Bromoform1100
Dibromochloromethane1100
Toluene1100
Benzene1100
Acenaphthylene1100
Acenaphthene1100
Acrolein1100
Acrylonitrile1100
Anthracene1100
Benzo[b]fluoranthene1100
Benzo[k]fluoranthene1100
Benzo[a]pyrene1100
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether1100
Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane1100
Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether1100
Butyl benzyl phthalate1100
Chlorobenzene1100
Chrysene1100
Diethyl phthalate1100
Dimethyl phthalate1100
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine1100
Ethylbenzene1100
Fluoranthene1100
Fluorene1100
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene1100
Hexachloroethane1100
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene1100
Isophorone1100
Methyl bromide [Bromomethane]1100
Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]1100
Methylene chloride1100
N-Nitrosodi-N-propylamine1100
N-Nitrosodiphenylamine1100
N-Nitrosodimethylamine [NDMA]1100
Nitrobenzene1100
para-Chloro-meta-cresol1100
Phenanthrene1100
Pyrene1100
Tetrachloroethylene1100
1,1-Dichloroethane1100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES LA0098191.

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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What this page shows

This EPA permit page covers NPDES permit LA0098191 for QUALA WASH HOLDINGS LLC - GEISMAR TERMINAL 260 in Geismar, LA, held by TRIMAC TRANSPORTATION SOUTH INC., which discharges to New River and is administratively continued. The page lists 100 pollutants under a numeric limit and 12 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.