Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0100820
HOUMA GENERATING STATION, Houma, LA: NPDES LA0100820 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HOUMA GENERATING STATION, held by TERREBONNE PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT, holds NPDES permit LA0100820, which discharges to Houma Canal. EPA’s file records it issued January 19, 2018 and expiring February 28, 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 | HOUMA GENERATING STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TERREBONNE PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT |
| NPDES ID | LA0100820 |
| 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 | January 19, 2018 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2023 |
| Address | Houma, LA 70361 |
| Receiving water | HOUMA CANAL |
| Subwatershed | Bayou Terrebonne (HUC 080903020501) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAT230012494; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002210900022 |
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
- 13Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, free available | 12 | 28 | 8 | May 31, 2018 | 380% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 12 | 22 | 2 | July 31, 2019 | 1,600% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 17 | 2 | June 30, 2016 | 93% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 4 | 9 | 2 | March 31, 2021 | 76% over the limit |
| pH | 12 | 21 | 1 | January 31, 2016 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 14 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 12 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BTEX | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 6 | 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 LA0100820.
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.