Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LAL036366
LAKE CHARLES, CITY OF (PLANT C, Lake Charles, LA: NPDES LAL036366 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LAKE CHARLES, CITY OF (PLANT C, held by CITY OF LAKE CHARLES, holds NPDES permit LAL036366, which discharges to Contraband Bayou. 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 (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | LAKE CHARLES, CITY OF (PLANT C |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CITY OF LAKE CHARLES |
| NPDES ID | LAL036366 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Associated permit record |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Biosolids |
| Issued | January 1, 2021 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2025 |
| Address | Lake Charles, LA 70601 |
| Receiving water | CONTRABAND BAYOU |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bayou Verdine-Calcasieu River (HUC 080802060302) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler LAD980797385 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 0 | 1 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES LAL036366.
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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2019 | PR: Biosolids: Other Management Practice Violation | EP6 |
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 September 15, 2026.