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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0127451

CYPRESS BRIAR ENTERPRISES INC, St. Martinville, LA: NPDES LA0127451 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CYPRESS BRIAR ENTERPRISES INC, held by CYPRESS BRIAR ENTERPRISES INC., holds NPDES permit LA0127451. EPA’s file records it issued February 25, 2021 and expiring March 31, 2026. 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 filedCYPRESS BRIAR ENTERPRISES INC
Permittee as filedCYPRESS BRIAR ENTERPRISES INC.
NPDES IDLA0127451
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 25, 2021
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2026
AddressSt. Martinville, LA 70582
SubwatershedBayou Berard Canal-Catahoula Coulee (HUC 080801020703)
SIC2011 – Meat Packing Plants

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 suspended4113December 31, 2025172% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C491September 30, 202595% over the limit
pH6100
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant6100
Oil & Grease370
Nitrogen, total [as N]220
Phosphorus, total [as P]220
Coliform, fecal general220
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]110

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
September 13, 2022Effluent Violations - Unauthorized DischargeST6
September 13, 2022Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
September 13, 2022Failure to develop, maintain, or get approval of an adequate SWPPP (industrial stormwater)ST6
May 31, 2021Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit LA0127451, held by CYPRESS BRIAR ENTERPRISES INC in St. Martinville, LA, a minor discharger whose permit is administratively continued after its March 31, 2026 expiration. The page lists 9 pollutants on file, 9 under a numeric limit, and 2 with an effluent exceedance. The subwatershed is Bayou Berard Canal-Catahoula Coulee (HUC 080801020703).