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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0124567

ARQ SOLUTIONS (RED RIVER), LLC - RED RIVER PLANT, Coushatta, LA: NPDES LA0124567 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ARQ SOLUTIONS (RED RIVER), LLC - RED RIVER PLANT, held by ADA CARBON SOLUTIONS (RED RIVER), LLC, holds NPDES permit LA0124567. EPA’s file records it issued December 30, 2014 and expiring January 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 filedARQ SOLUTIONS (RED RIVER), LLC - RED RIVER PLANT
Permittee as filedADA CARBON SOLUTIONS (RED RIVER), LLC
NPDES IDLA0124567
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
IssuedDecember 30, 2014
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2020
AddressCoushatta, LA 71019
SubwatershedPig Pen Bayou-Bayou Pierre (HUC 111402060604)
SIC2819 – Industrial Inorganic Chemicals
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler LAR000075374; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002208100027

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

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
Coliform, fecal general21616June 30, 20269,900% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]41713May 31, 2019108% over the limit
Solids, total suspended21212June 30, 20261,222% over the limit
Chlorine, free available488April 30, 201799,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C277June 30, 2026109% over the limit
pH655February 28, 2026
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]243May 31, 202694% over the limit
Oil & Grease021December 31, 202528% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant600
Chromium, total [as Cr]200
Oil and grease200

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES LA0124567.

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES LA0124567 for the ARQ Solutions (Red River), LLC Red River Plant in Coushatta, LA, which is administratively continued and classed as a Minor Discharger. The page lists 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, within the Pig Pen Bayou-Bayou Pierre watershed (HUC 111402060604).