Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0105040
PORT MARINE VACUUM SERVICES, Houma, LA: NPDES LA0105040 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PORT MARINE VACUUM SERVICES, held by PORT MARINE VACUUM SERVICES INC., holds NPDES permit LA0105040, which discharges to Houma Navigational Canal. EPA’s file records it issued April 20, 2011 and expiring May 31, 2016. 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 | PORT MARINE VACUUM SERVICES |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PORT MARINE VACUUM SERVICES INC. |
| NPDES ID | LA0105040 |
| 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 | April 20, 2011 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2016 |
| Address | Houma, LA 70363 |
| Receiving water | HOUMA NAVIGATIONAL CANAL |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bayou La Carpe-Houma Navigation Canal (HUC 080903020601) |
| SIC | 1389 – Oil And Gas Field Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LA0000248773 |
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
- 23Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 8 | 5 | December 31, 2019 | 60% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 4 | 15 | 3 | March 31, 2020 | 284% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2020 | 167% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 22 | 2 | December 31, 2019 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 5 | 2 | June 30, 2018 | 27% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2017 | 6% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 12 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phenolic compounds, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 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 LA0105040.
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.