Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0127088
LAKE CHARLES METHANOL II LLC - LAKE CHARLES METHANOL FACILITY, Sulphur, LA: NPDES LA0127088 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LAKE CHARLES METHANOL II LLC - LAKE CHARLES METHANOL FACILITY, held by LAKE CHARLES METHANOL LLC, holds NPDES permit LA0127088. EPA’s file records it issued June 20, 2022 and expiring July 31, 2027. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | LAKE CHARLES METHANOL II LLC - LAKE CHARLES METHANOL FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LAKE CHARLES METHANOL LLC |
| NPDES ID | LA0127088 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 20, 2022 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2027 |
| Address | Sulphur, LA 70601 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Calcasieu River-Prien Lake (HUC 080802060303) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cooling Water Intake Velocity | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES LA0127088.
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 LA0127088.
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 September 15, 2026.