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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0126527

LOUISIANA ENERGY & POWER AUTHORITY (LEPA) - MORGAN CITY POWER PLANT, Morgan City, LA: NPDES LA0126527 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LOUISIANA ENERGY & POWER AUTHORITY (LEPA) - MORGAN CITY POWER PLANT, held by LOUISIANA ENERGY & POWER AUTHORITY, holds NPDES permit LA0126527. EPA’s file records it issued February 27, 2018 and expiring January 31, 2024. 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 filedLOUISIANA ENERGY & POWER AUTHORITY (LEPA) - MORGAN CITY POWER PLANT
Permittee as filedLOUISIANA ENERGY & POWER AUTHORITY
NPDES IDLA0126527
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
IssuedFebruary 27, 2018
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2024
AddressMorgan City, LA 70380
SubwatershedLake Palourde (HUC 080903020101)
SIC4911 – Electric Services
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source LA0000002210100319

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
Chlorine, free available41715March 31, 2019330% over the limit
Solids, total suspended8158March 31, 2024247% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]8108December 31, 2023101% over the limit
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]482August 31, 202322% over the limit
Oil & Grease851May 31, 202640% over the limit
Oil and grease041December 31, 201853% over the limit
pH8140
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant880
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit420
Nitrogen, total [as N]400
Phosphorus, total [as P]400
Chromium, total [as Cr]200

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 LA0126527.

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 LA0126527 for Louisiana Energy & Power Authority (LEPA) – Morgan City Power Plant in Morgan City, LA, listed with an administratively continued status and a minor discharger class. The page lists 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance and 11 pollutants under a numeric limit, with the permit issued February 27, 2018 and expiring January 31, 2024.