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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0127487

ARTESIAN UTILITY COMPANY INC - LAKE RAMSEY SUBDIVISION, Covington, LA: NPDES LA0127487 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ARTESIAN UTILITY COMPANY INC - LAKE RAMSEY SUBDIVISION holds NPDES permit LA0127487. EPA’s file records it issued October 31, 2023 and expiring November 30, 2028. 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 filedARTESIAN UTILITY COMPANY INC - LAKE RAMSEY SUBDIVISION
Permittee as filedARTESIAN UTILITY COMPANY INC - LAKE RAMSEY SUBDIVISION
NPDES IDLA0127487
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 31, 2023
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2028
AddressCovington, LA 70434
SubwatershedSoap and Tallow Branch-Tchefuncta River (HUC 080902010204)
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]66261June 30, 2026689% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C63332June 30, 20261,147% over the limit
Solids, total suspended62928June 30, 2026353% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general42221June 30, 202699,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual285June 30, 2026839% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]330
Phosphorus, total [as P]330
pH400
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant400

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
December 31, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
August 8, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
August 8, 2024Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
August 8, 2024Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
December 31, 2023Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit LA0127487, held by ARTESIAN UTILITY COMPANY INC - LAKE RAMSEY SUBDIVISION in Covington, LA, with an effective status, issued October 31, 2023 and expiring November 30, 2028. The page lists 9 pollutants on file, 9 classed as a minor discharger, 7 under a numeric limit, 5 with an effluent exceedance, and 7 with a violation of any kind.