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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LAL044695

PONCHATOULA, CITY OF, Ponchatoula, LA: NPDES LAL044695 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PONCHATOULA, CITY OF, held by CITY OF PONCHATOULA, holds NPDES permit LAL044695, which discharges to 4d. 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 filedPONCHATOULA, CITY OF
Permittee as filedCITY OF PONCHATOULA
NPDES IDLAL044695
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
AddressPonchatoula, LA
Receiving water4D
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedAnderson Canal (HUC 080702040502)
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 weight050
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]050
Selenium, dry weight030
Copper, dry weight030
Cadmium, dry weight030
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]030
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]030
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]030
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]030
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]020
Level of pathogen requirements achieved020
Description of pathogen option used020
Vector attraction reduction alternative used020
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]010
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure010
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method010
Annual amt of sludge incinerated010
Annual sludge production, total010
Annual amount of sludge land applied010
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit010
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill010
Annual amt sludge transported interstate010
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system010
Unit boundary to property line distance010
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement010
Pollutant table from 503.13010

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES LAL044695.

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 LAL044695.

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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