Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0117102
FRANCIS DRILLING FLUIDS - FDF-FOURCHON PLANT, Golden Meadow, LA: NPDES LA0117102 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FRANCIS DRILLING FLUIDS - FDF-FOURCHON PLANT, held by FRANCIS DRILLING FLUIDS, LTD., holds NPDES permit LA0117102. EPA’s file records it issued September 22, 2015 and expiring October 31, 2020. 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 - FDF-FOURCHON PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FRANCIS DRILLING FLUIDS, LTD. |
| NPDES ID | LA0117102 |
| 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 | September 22, 2015 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2020 |
| Address | Golden Meadow, LA 70357 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bayou Lafourche-Frontal Gulf of Mexico (HUC 080903010505) |
| SIC | 1382 – Oil And Gas Exploration Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAR000102512 |
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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 26 | 14 | December 31, 2019 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 19 | 7 | December 31, 2019 | 560% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 25 | 2 | December 31, 2019 | 233% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 11 | 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 LA0117102.
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.