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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GMG290174

PETROQUEST ENERGY, LLC, Lafayette, LA: NPDES GMG290174 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PETROQUEST ENERGY, LLC holds NPDES permit GMG290174. EPA’s file records it issued September 28, 2012 and expiring September 30, 2017. 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 filedPETROQUEST ENERGY, LLC
Permittee as filedPETROQUEST ENERGY, LLC
NPDES IDGMG290174
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 28, 2012
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2017
AddressLafayette, LA 70505

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Produced water, oil and grease1242828June 30, 2017600% over the limit
Whole effluent toxicity4721,3020
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)3027900
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia3027900
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)3027900
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia3027900
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)3027900
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia3027900
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)3027900
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia3027900
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)3027900
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia3027900
Misc. free oil in Western GOM, OCS2597680
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)3027600
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia3027600
Critical Dilution2366360
Well fluids, oil & grease1725120
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Menidia menidia1705120
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)1705120
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)1705120
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Menidia menidia1705120
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopis bahia)1704820
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Menidia menidia1704820
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)1513950
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia menidia1513950
Drilling fluid, toxicity1523620
Deck drainage, free oil872570
Maintenance Waste: Do you have a BMP?852570
Maintenance Waste: Are you using a BMP?852570
Sanitary waste, residual chlorine872560
Sanitary waste, solids872560
Domestic waste, foam and floating solids872560
Well fluids, free oil862560
Flow852560
Drilling fluid, end of well, 96-hr LC50761810
Cadmium [Cd], in barite, dry weight761810
Mercury [Hg], in barite, dry weight761810
Drilling fluids, free oil761810
Drilling fluids, discharge rate761810
Drill cuttings, free oil761810
Produced water, free oil621370
Produced water, flow621220

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 GMG290174.

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.