Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0127310
PALM COMMODITIES INTERNATIONAL, LLC - UMICORE SPECIALTY MATERIALS LOUISIANA, Port Allen, LA: NPDES LA0127310 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PALM COMMODITIES INTERNATIONAL, LLC - UMICORE SPECIALTY MATERIALS LOUISIANA, held by SOCHEM SOLUTIONS, INC., holds NPDES permit LA0127310. EPA’s file records it issued May 8, 2018 and expiring May 7, 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 | PALM COMMODITIES INTERNATIONAL, LLC - UMICORE SPECIALTY MATERIALS LOUISIANA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SOCHEM SOLUTIONS, INC. |
| NPDES ID | LA0127310 |
| 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 | May 8, 2018 |
| Expiration date | May 7, 2023 |
| Address | Port Allen, LA 70767 |
| Subwatershed | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway-Choctaw Basin Drainage Canal (HUC 080703000206) |
| SIC | 2869 – Industrial Organic Chemicals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAR000078915 |
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
- 22Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 8 | 38 | 38 | August 31, 2025 | 9,327% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 8 | 38 | 38 | September 30, 2024 | 1,789% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 26 | 26 | July 31, 2022 | 43% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 4 | 10 | 10 | September 30, 2024 | 167% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 10 | 10 | April 30, 2022 | 1,000% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 9 | 9 | June 30, 2022 | 327% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 3 | 3 | April 30, 2022 | 1,981% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 2 | 2 | April 30, 2022 | 148% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 2 | 2 | April 30, 2022 | 42% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2018 | |
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2022 | 4% over the limit |
| Tin, total [as Sn] | 4 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2022 | 5,273% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cobalt, total [as Co] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| n-Decane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbazole | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| n-Octadecane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 13, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| February 29, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Implement SPCC Plan | ST6 |
| January 31, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Implement SPCC Plan | ST6 |
| April 30, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| December 31, 2021 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| December 31, 2019 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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.