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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0123072

HOUMA OIL RECOVERY, Houma, LA: NPDES LA0123072 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HOUMA OIL RECOVERY, held by AMERICAN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES LLC, holds NPDES permit LA0123072. EPA’s file records it issued June 19, 2015 and expiring July 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 filedHOUMA OIL RECOVERY
Permittee as filedAMERICAN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES LLC
NPDES IDLA0123072
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 19, 2015
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2020
AddressHouma, LA 70363
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBayou La Carpe-Houma Navigation Canal (HUC 080903020601)
SIC1311 – Crude Petroleum And Natural Gas

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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C45119February 28, 202111,320% over the limit
Solids, total suspended44917February 28, 20214,302% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]24715February 28, 20212,116% over the limit
Lead, total [as Pb]24311January 31, 2021500% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]2439February 28, 20211,333% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]2408January 31, 2021800% over the limit
Fluoranthene2386January 31, 2021273% over the limit
Butyl benzyl phthalate2342January 31, 202113% over the limit
Chromium, total [as Cr]1182December 31, 2020113% over the limit
Oil & Grease2231September 30, 2020140% over the limit
Arsenic, total [as As]1171February 28, 202177% over the limit
Priority pollutants scan [yes/no]141December 31, 2020
pH6460
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant6440
Cadmium, total [as Cd]2320
Cobalt, total [as Co]2320
Tin, total [as Sn]2320
n-Decane2320
Carbazole2320
n-Octadecane2320
Chloride [as Cl]1160
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]1160
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]160
Coliform, fecal general200

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
March 26, 2024Effluent Violations - Industrial SpillST6
March 26, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
September 15, 2023Effluent Violations - Industrial SpillST6
September 15, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
September 15, 2023Management Practice Violations - Failure to Develop Adequate SPCC PlanST6
September 15, 2023Management Practice Violations - Failure to Implement SPCC PlanST6
March 31, 2020Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
February 20, 2020Permit Violations - Failure to Submit Timely Permit Renewal ApplicationST6
December 31, 2018Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
December 31, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 31, 2018Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
December 31, 2018Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
April 30, 2018Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
August 31, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
March 31, 2017Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
March 31, 2017Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
January 31, 2017Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6

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 NPDES permit LA0123072, held by AMERICAN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES LLC for HOUMA OIL RECOVERY in Houma, LA, which EPA's file shows as administratively continued after its July 31, 2020 expiration date. The page lists 24 pollutants on file, with 12 pollutants under a numeric limit and 12 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.