Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0117617
DISCOVERY PARADIS FRACTIONATION PLANT, Paradis, LA: NPDES LA0117617 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DISCOVERY PARADIS FRACTIONATION PLANT, held by Discovery Producer Services, LLC, holds NPDES permit LA0117617. EPA’s file records it issued August 31, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023. 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 | DISCOVERY PARADIS FRACTIONATION PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Discovery Producer Services, LLC |
| NPDES ID | LA0117617 |
| 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 | August 31, 2018 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2023 |
| Address | Paradis, LA 70080 |
| Subwatershed | Des Allemands-Crawford Canal (HUC 080903010302) |
| SIC | 1321 – Natural Gas Liquids |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAR000060103; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002208900031 |
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
- 12Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 0 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 2026 | 26% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2025 | |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 5 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2026 | 62% over the limit |
| Chlorine, free available | 1 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2021 | 40% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 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 LA0117617.
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.