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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0101753

BUCKEYE TERMINALS LLC - OPELOUSAS TERMINAL, Opelousas, LA: NPDES LA0101753 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BUCKEYE TERMINALS LLC - OPELOUSAS TERMINAL, held by BUCKEYE TERMINALS LLC, holds NPDES permit LA0101753, which discharges to Bayou Silvain. EPA’s file records it issued September 5, 2017 and expiring October 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 filedBUCKEYE TERMINALS LLC - OPELOUSAS TERMINAL
Permittee as filedBUCKEYE TERMINALS LLC
NPDES IDLA0101753
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
IssuedSeptember 5, 2017
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2022
AddressOpelousas, LA 70570
Receiving waterBAYOU SILVAIN
SubwatershedBayou Bourbeux (HUC 080801030101)
SIC5171 – Petroleum Bulk Stations & Terminals

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
Solids, total suspended5114June 30, 202280% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C274December 31, 202286% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant10230
pH8150
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]280
Benzene440
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]340
Chloride [as Cl]140
Sulfate, total [as SO4]140
Lead, total [as Pb]140
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination140
Oil and grease040
Coliform, fecal general230
Oil & Grease300
BTEX300

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 LA0101753.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES LA0101753 held by BUCKEYE TERMINALS LLC for its OPELOUSAS TERMINAL in Opelousas, LA, which is administratively continued and classed as a Minor Discharger. The facts list 14 as the discharger class figure, 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued September 5, 2017 and expiring October 31, 2022.