Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0123234
PLAQUEMINES PROCESSING & RECOVERY, LLC, Belle Chasse, LA: NPDES LA0123234 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
PLAQUEMINES PROCESSING & RECOVERY, LLC, held by PLAQUEMINES PROCESSING & RECOVERY LLC, holds NPDES permit LA0123234. EPA’s file records it issued May 11, 2018 and expiring May 31, 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 | PLAQUEMINES PROCESSING & RECOVERY, LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PLAQUEMINES PROCESSING & RECOVERY LLC |
| NPDES ID | LA0123234 |
| 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 | May 11, 2018 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2023 |
| Address | Belle Chasse, LA 70037 |
| Subwatershed | Mississippi River-Bonnet Carre Spillway (HUC 080901000101) |
| SIC | 2869 – Industrial Organic Chemicals |
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
- 26Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 26With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 22 | 10 | September 30, 2024 | 650% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 21 | 9 | February 28, 2022 | 183% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 14 | 7 | October 31, 2021 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 4 | 13 | 7 | September 30, 2024 | 180% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 10 | 2 | June 30, 2024 | 55% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 9 | 1 | January 31, 2017 | |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 8 | 1 | January 31, 2017 | 34% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 7 | 1 | January 31, 2026 | 3% over the limit |
| Tin, total [as Sn] | 4 | 7 | 1 | July 31, 2021 | 55% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 2 | 1 | September 30, 2025 | 71% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| n-Decane | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Carbazole | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| n-Octadecane | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Cobalt, total [as Co] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Priority pollutants scan [yes/no] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 2 | 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 LA0123234.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES LA0123234.
Formal enforcement and penalties
0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.
Informal enforcement
EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES LA0123234.
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.