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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LAG536690

BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES INC - B1 BANK, Lake Charles, LA: NPDES LAG536690 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES INC - B1 BANK holds NPDES permit LAG536690. EPA’s file records it issued October 31, 2023 and expiring November 30, 2027.

BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES INC - B1 BANK, Lake Charles, Louisiana: Coverage under a general permit LAG536690; Effective; issued October 31, 2023, term to November 30, 2027.

  • pH: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Coliform, fecal general: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES INC - B1 BANK

BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES INC - B1 BANK among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 12 discharge permits in the Government Ditch-South Fork Black Bayou subwatershed (HUC 080802060203), LAG536690 among them. Its county holds 299, 28 of them major permits; LAG536690 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Government Ditch-South Fork Black Bayou subwatershed (HUC 080802060203)

What the register holds for BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES INC - B1 BANK: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and 5 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES LAG536690.

Identity

Facility as filedBUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES INC - B1 BANK
Permittee as filedBUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES INC - B1 BANK
NPDES IDLAG536690
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 31, 2023
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2027
AddressLake Charles, LA 70000
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedGovernment Ditch-South Fork Black Bayou (HUC 080802060203)

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
pH200
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C100
Solids, total suspended100
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant100
Coliform, fecal general100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES LAG536690.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES LAG536690.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES LAG536690.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES LAG536690.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit LAG536690, held by BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES INC - B1 BANK in Lake Charles, LA, with a status of Effective and a Minor Discharger classification. The page lists 5 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it shows an issue date of October 31, 2023 and an expiration date of November 30, 2027.