Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LAR05Q235

PORTS AMERICA LOUISIANA LLC, New Orleans, LA: NPDES LAR05Q235 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
3Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

PORTS AMERICA LOUISIANA LLC holds NPDES permit LAR05Q235. EPA’s file records it issued July 26, 2022 and expiring October 26, 2026.

PORTS AMERICA LOUISIANA LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana: Coverage under a general permit LAR05Q235; Industrial stormwater; Effective; issued July 26, 2022, term to October 26, 2026.

Aluminum, total [as Al]: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2022, largest 100% over the limit.
Lead, total [as Pb]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Louisiana holds 216 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 59 were issued before LAR05Q235.

Coverages issued nearest LAR05Q235

June 29, 2022: EAST SIDE JERSEY DAIRY INC, Hammond, LAR05Q222
June 29, 2022: PINE PRAIRIE TRANSPORT LLC - IP STANDARD WOODYARD, Olla, LAR05Q223
July 14, 2022: DIS-TRAN STEEL, LLC, Pineville, LAR05Q226
July 14, 2022: OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE INC - BTR, Baton Rouge, LAR05Q228
July 26, 2022: NEW ORLEANS TOURS INC, New Orleans, LAR05Q232
August 15, 2022: VERTEX REFINING LA, LLC, Marrero, LAR05Q233
August 15, 2022: BYOT AUTO PARTS, Port Allen, LAR05Q234
August 15, 2022: GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, Hammond, LAR05Q236
August 15, 2022: R&B OIL COMPANY, LLC - HERNANDEZ TANK BATTERY, Church Point, LAR05Q237
August 15, 2022: R&B OIL COMPANY, LLC - SIMONEAUX COMMINGLING FACILITY, Boutte, LAR05Q238

PORTS AMERICA LOUISIANA LLC among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 15 discharge permits in the Morrison Canal subwatershed (HUC 080902030201), LAR05Q235 among them. Its county holds 106, 6 of them major permits; LAR05Q235 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Morrison Canal subwatershed (HUC 080902030201)

AMID LANDFILL LLC, New Orleans: LA0105007, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2004
CHEVRON CONVENIENCE STORE, New Orleans: LAG830254, minor permit, permit term to December 14, 2012
COLT, INC., New Orleans: LAR05Q245, minor permit, permit term to October 26, 2026
COMMAND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES LLC, New Orleans: LAR10N396, minor permit, permit term to March 28, 2021
CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. - GENTILLY YARD, New Orleans: LA0065307, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2019
DELGADO FIRE SCHOOL-NEW ORLEAN, New Orleans: LA0091201, minor permit, discharging to INTRACOASTAL CANAL, permit term to October 31, 2020
ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS LLC - MICHOUD ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT - NEW ORLEANS POWER, New Orleans: LA0004324, minor permit, discharging to 0701, permit term to August 10, 2025
GENTILLY LANDFILL TYPE III, New Orleans: LA0122530, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2012
GULF GATEWAY TERMINAL LLC, New Orleans: LAG670257, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2028
MCM PLASTICS, INC., Holden: LA0121398, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2021

Identity

Facility as filed	PORTS AMERICA LOUISIANA LLC
Permittee as filed	PORTS AMERICA LOUISIANA LLC
NPDES ID	LAR05Q235
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Industrial stormwater
Issued	July 26, 2022
Expiration date	October 26, 2026
Address	New Orleans, LA 70115
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Morrison Canal (HUC 080902030201)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler LAR000084319; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002207100196

Effluent limits and exceedances

3Pollutants on file
3Under a numeric limit
1With a violation of any kind
1With 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
Aluminum, total [as Al]	2	1	1	December 31, 2022	100% over the limit
Lead, total [as Pb]	2	0	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES LAR05Q235.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES LAR05Q235.

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 LAR05Q235.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit LAR05Q235 for PORTS AMERICA LOUISIANA LLC in New Orleans, LA, listing its permit status as Effective, a Minor Discharger class 3, and industrial stormwater program coverage. The facts list 3 pollutants on file, of which 1 is under a numeric limit and 1 has an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued July 26, 2022 and expiring October 26, 2026.