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Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] in Louisiana

• 28Permits carrying a limit
• 11With a recorded exceedance
• 4,700Nationwide

A parameter is the substance or the property EPA writes a numeric limit for, and this page counts the Louisiana permits that carry one for Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 28 permits, of which 11 have a recorded exceedance. Nationwide the same parameter appears in 4,700 permits. Each row below is one permit, and it opens the agency’s own record for that permit.

Permits

Other pollutants in Louisiana

• n-Octadecane 17
• Methanol, total 5
• Cadmium [Cd], in barite, dry weight 32
• Mercury [Hg], in barite, dry weight 32
• 2-Butanone 3
• 3,4-Benzofluoranthene 5
• Produced water, free oil 35
• Alpha, gross particle activity 3
• BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] 374
• Solids, suspended percent removal 7
• Xylene [mix of m+o+p] 8
• Acetone 5
• Acetophenone 3
• Dichlorodibromomethane 5
• pH range excursions, > 60 minutes 90
• pH range excursions, monthly total accum 90
• Drilling fluids, free oil 32
• Drilling fluids, discharge rate 32
• Drill cuttings, free oil 32
• Deck drainage, free oil 44

Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] nationwide

What this page shows

The page covers Clean Water Act discharge permits in LA with limits on the pollutant parameter Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]. It lists 28 permits in LA with a limit on this parameter and 20 permits in LA with a recorded violation of this parameter.