Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0119423

MULTI-CHEM GROUP LLC-GEISMAR FACILITY, Geismar, LA: NPDES LA0119423 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
137Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

MULTI-CHEM GROUP LLC-GEISMAR FACILITY, held by Multi-Chem Group, LLC, holds NPDES permit LA0119423. EPA’s file records it issued December 29, 2017 and expiring December 28, 2022. 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	MULTI-CHEM GROUP LLC-GEISMAR FACILITY
Permittee as filed	Multi-Chem Group, LLC
NPDES ID	LA0119423
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	December 29, 2017
Expiration date	December 28, 2022
Address	Geismar, LA 70734
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Grand Goudine Bayou-New River (HUC 080702040103)
SIC	2899 – Chemical Preparations
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler LAR000055897

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

140Pollutants on file
137Under a numeric limit
17With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 140 are shown.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Coliform, fecal general	2	6	6	September 30, 2024	99,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	4	4	December 31, 2023	83% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	3	1	March 31, 2019	30% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	0	12	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	14	10	0
pH	14	4	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	0	4	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	0	4	0
Oil & Grease	2	2	0
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]	2	2	0
Lead, total [as Pb]	2	2	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	2	0
Toluene	2	2	0
Benzene	2	2	0
Ethylbenzene	2	2	0
Naphthalene	2	1	0
BTEX	2	1	0
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]	4	0	0
Cyanide, total [as CN]	2	0	0
Arsenic, total [as As]	2	0	0
Beryllium, total [as Be]	2	0	0
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	2	0	0
Chromium, total [as Cr]	2	0	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	0	0
Thallium, total [as Tl]	2	0	0
Nickel, total [as Ni]	2	0	0
Silver, total [as Ag]	2	0	0
Antimony, total [as Sb]	2	0	0
Selenium, total [as Se]	2	0	0
Oil and grease	2	0	0
Dichlorobromomethane	2	0	0
Carbon tetrachloride	2	0	0
1,2-Dichloroethane	2	0	0
Bromoform	2	0	0
Dibromochloromethane	2	0	0
Chloroform	2	0	0
Phenolics, total recoverable	2	0	0
.delta.-BHC	2	0	0
Acenaphthylene	2	0	0
Acenaphthene	2	0	0
Acrolein	2	0	0
Acrylonitrile	2	0	0
Anthracene	2	0	0
Benzo[b]fluoranthene	2	0	0
Benzo[k]fluoranthene	2	0	0
Benzo[a]pyrene	2	0	0
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether	2	0	0
Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane	2	0	0
Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether	2	0	0
Butyl benzyl phthalate	2	0	0
Chlorobenzene	2	0	0
Chrysene	2	0	0
Diethyl phthalate	2	0	0
Dimethyl phthalate	2	0	0
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine	2	0	0
Endosulfan sulfate	2	0	0
.beta.-Endosulfan	2	0	0
.alpha.-Endosulfan	2	0	0
Endrin aldehyde	2	0	0
Fluoranthene	2	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 LA0119423.

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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.

This EPA NPDES permit record covers the Multi-Chem Group, LLC facility in Geismar, LA, under permit LA0119423, which is administratively continued after its listed December 28, 2022 expiration and was issued December 29, 2017. The page lists 137 as the discharger class figure, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.