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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0124745

FACULTATIVE LAGOON, Montgomery, LA: NPDES LA0124745 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FACULTATIVE LAGOON, held by TOWN OF MONTGOMERY, holds NPDES permit LA0124745. EPA’s file records it issued July 31, 2015 and expiring August 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 filedFACULTATIVE LAGOON
Permittee as filedTOWN OF MONTGOMERY
NPDES IDLA0124745
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 31, 2015
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2020
AddressMontgomery, LA 70454
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedMiddle Whisky Chitto Creek (HUC 080802040406)
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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
Solids, total suspended67037September 30, 2025739% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general44321October 31, 202599,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C64613May 31, 2025190% over the limit
pH4231July 31, 2023
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4220
Nitrogen, total [as N]0120
Phosphorus, total [as P]0120

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
October 1, 2025Management Practice Violations - Violation of a milestone in an orderST6
June 30, 2025Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
May 31, 2025Failure to submit noncompliance report - SSO discharge [40 CFR 122.41(l)(7)]ST6
May 23, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
May 5, 2025Failure to minimize or prevent SSO to waters of the U.S. - adverse impacts [40 CFR 122.41(d)]ST6
May 5, 2025Failure to properly operate and maintain the sanitary sewer system [40 CFR 122.41(e)]ST6
March 31, 2025Failure to submit noncompliance report - SSO discharge [40 CFR 122.41(l)(7)]ST6
March 1, 2025Failure to properly operate and maintain the sanitary sewer system [40 CFR 122.41(e)]ST6
October 8, 2024Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
September 30, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
March 31, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
June 30, 2023Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
June 30, 2023Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
May 31, 2023Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
August 31, 2022Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
April 30, 2021Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
March 18, 2021Effluent Violations - Unauthorized DischargeST6
September 30, 2020Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
April 7, 2020Permit Violations - Application IncompleteST6
December 31, 2019Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
October 31, 2018Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6

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.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit LA0124745, held by TOWN OF MONTGOMERY for the facility FACULTATIVE LAGOON in Montgomery, LA, and lists a permit status of Administratively continued with a Minor Discharger class. The page reports 7 pollutants on file, 5 under a numeric limit, and 4 with an effluent exceedance.