Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0116190
FRANCIS DRILLING FLUIDS LTD - FDF BERWICK PLANT, Berwick, LA: NPDES LA0116190 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FRANCIS DRILLING FLUIDS LTD - FDF BERWICK PLANT, held by FRANCIS DRILLING FLUIDS LTD, holds NPDES permit LA0116190. EPA’s file records it issued February 5, 2014 and expiring February 28, 2019. 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 | FRANCIS DRILLING FLUIDS LTD - FDF BERWICK PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FRANCIS DRILLING FLUIDS LTD |
| NPDES ID | LA0116190 |
| 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 | February 5, 2014 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2019 |
| Address | Berwick, LA 70342 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bayou Teche-Lower Atchafalaya River (HUC 080801010502) |
| SIC | 1382 – Oil And Gas Exploration Services |
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
- 5Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 18 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES LA0116190.
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 LA0116190.
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.