Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LAG536628

MERCEDARIAN SISTERS OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT - CYPRESS SPRINGS MERCEDARIAN PRAYE, Baton Rouge, LA: NPDES LAG536628 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

MERCEDARIAN SISTERS OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT - CYPRESS SPRINGS MERCEDARIAN PRAYE, held by MERCEDARIAN SISITERS OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT - CYPRESS SPRINGS, holds NPDES permit LAG536628. EPA’s file records it issued March 29, 2023 and expiring November 30, 2027. 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	MERCEDARIAN SISTERS OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT - CYPRESS SPRINGS MERCEDARIAN PRAYE
Permittee as filed	MERCEDARIAN SISITERS OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT - CYPRESS SPRINGS
NPDES ID	LAG536628
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	March 29, 2023
Expiration date	November 30, 2027
Address	Baton Rouge, LA 70817
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Jones Creek-Amite River (HUC 080702020901)
SIC	8661 – Religious Organizations

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

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
3With a violation of any kind
3With 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
Solids, total suspended	6	8	8	June 30, 2025	120% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	6	6	6	June 30, 2025	283% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	6	6	6	December 31, 2025	99,999% over the limit
pH	6	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	6	0	0
Oil & Grease	3	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 LAG536628.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES LAG536628, held by the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament at Cypress Springs in Baton Rouge, LA, with an effective status and a Minor discharger class. The permit, which EPA's file records as issued March 29, 2023 and expiring November 30, 2027, lists 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.