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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0117030

WHITE CASTLE TOWN OF - MECHANICAL PLANT, White Castle, LA: NPDES LA0117030 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WHITE CASTLE TOWN OF - MECHANICAL PLANT, held by TOWN OF WHITE CASTLE, holds NPDES permit LA0117030. EPA’s file records it issued November 22, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2024. 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 filedWHITE CASTLE TOWN OF - MECHANICAL PLANT
Permittee as filedTOWN OF WHITE CASTLE
NPDES IDLA0117030
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 22, 2019
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2024
AddressWhite Castle, LA 70788
SubwatershedClaiborne Island (HUC 080701000105)
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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 suspended38232May 31, 2026580% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general24917December 31, 202599,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C3491April 30, 20264% over the limit
pH2320
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2320
Nitrogen, total [as N]330
Phosphorus, total [as P]330
Solids, suspended percent removal010

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 15, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
January 15, 2025Reporting Violations - Noncompliance with Section 308 Information RequestST6
December 31, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
December 31, 2022Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the NPDES LA0117030 Clean Water Act discharge permit held by the Town of White Castle for its mechanical plant in White Castle, LA, which EPA's file lists as administratively continued past its December 31, 2024 expiration date. The page lists 8 pollutants under effluent limits, with 3 of them showing an effluent exceedance, and the facility is classed as a minor discharger in the Claiborne Island (HUC 080701000105) subwatershed.