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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LAL020648

PLAQUEMINE, TOWN OF, Plaquemine, LA: NPDES LAL020648 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PLAQUEMINE, TOWN OF, held by CITY OF PLAQUEMINE, holds NPDES permit LAL020648, which discharges to Seg 1201 Terrebonne Basin. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2021 and expiring December 31, 2025. 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 filedPLAQUEMINE, TOWN OF
Permittee as filedCITY OF PLAQUEMINE
NPDES IDLAL020648
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeAssociated permit record
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramBiosolids
IssuedJanuary 1, 2021
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2025
AddressPlaquemine, LA 70764
Receiving waterSEG 1201 TERREBONNE BASIN
SubwatershedBayou La Butte-Logging Canal (HUC 080703000401)
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
Arsenic, dry weight0290
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]0290
Selenium, dry weight0150
Copper, dry weight0150
Cadmium, dry weight0150
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]0150
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]0150
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]0150
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]0150
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]0140
Level of pathogen requirements achieved0120
Description of pathogen option used0120
Vector attraction reduction alternative used0120
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]070
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure070
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method070
Annual amt of sludge incinerated070
Annual sludge production, total070
Annual amount of sludge land applied070
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit070
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill070
Annual amt sludge transported interstate070
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system070
Unit boundary to property line distance070
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement050
Pollutant table from 503.13050

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES LAL020648.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES LAL020648.

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.

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