Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0115720
VILLAGE OF CHOUDRANT WWTP, Choudrant, LA: NPDES LA0115720 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VILLAGE OF CHOUDRANT WWTP, held by VILLAGE OF CHOUDRANT, holds NPDES permit LA0115720. EPA’s file records it issued March 29, 2018 and expiring April 30, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | VILLAGE OF CHOUDRANT WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | VILLAGE OF CHOUDRANT |
| NPDES ID | LA0115720 |
| 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 | March 29, 2018 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2023 |
| Address | Choudrant, LA 71227 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper Bayou Choudrant (HUC 080402060803) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 52 | 31 | April 30, 2025 | 395% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 45 | 31 | June 30, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 37 | 16 | April 30, 2023 | 1,263% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 14 | 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
- 13Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| December 31, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| September 30, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| September 30, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| June 30, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| May 31, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| May 31, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| April 30, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| March 31, 2018 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| December 31, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| September 30, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| April 24, 2017 | WW SSO - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| January 31, 2017 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation | ST6 |
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 September 15, 2026.