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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LAL044032

PLAQUEMINES PAR (BELLE CHAS, Belle Chasse, LA: NPDES LAL044032 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PLAQUEMINES PAR (BELLE CHAS holds NPDES permit LAL044032, which discharges to Seg 0703 Mississippi River 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 filedPLAQUEMINES PAR (BELLE CHAS
Permittee as filedPLAQUEMINES PAR (BELLE CHAS
NPDES IDLAL044032
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
AddressBelle Chasse, LA 70037
Receiving waterSEG 0703 MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN
SubwatershedPlanters Canal (HUC 080903010404)
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 weight0280
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]0280
Selenium, dry weight0180
Copper, dry weight0180
Cadmium, dry weight0180
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]0180
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]0180
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]0180
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]0180
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]0100
Level of pathogen requirements achieved0100
Description of pathogen option used0100
Vector attraction reduction alternative used0100
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]070
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure070
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method060
Annual amt of sludge incinerated060
Annual sludge production, total060
Annual amount of sludge land applied060
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit060
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill060
Annual amt sludge transported interstate060
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement060
Pollutant table from 503.13060
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system050
Unit boundary to property line distance050

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES LAL044032.

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 LAL044032.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

The PLAQUEMINES PAR (BELLE CHAS permit, NPDES ID LAL044032, is one of 4 biosolids permits on the register in Plaquemines Parish, including this one. It also falls among 21 NPDES permits in the Planters Canal subwatershed, and it records 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.