Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0126560
AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC. - NORCO HYDROGEN PLANT, Norco, LA: NPDES LA0126560 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC. - NORCO HYDROGEN PLANT, held by Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. - Norco Hydrogen Plant, holds NPDES permit LA0126560. EPA’s file records it issued December 14, 2018 and expiring December 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 | AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC. - NORCO HYDROGEN PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. - Norco Hydrogen Plant |
| NPDES ID | LA0126560 |
| 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 | December 14, 2018 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2023 |
| Address | Norco, LA 70079 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bear Creek-East Hog Branch (HUC 080702030203) |
| SIC | 2813 – Industrial Gases |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAR000060772; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002208900167 |
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
- 11Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 6 | 41 | 1 | June 30, 2017 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 15 | 1 | March 31, 2019 | 425% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BTEX | 1 | 0 | 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 LA0126560.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.