Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0000264
CARGILL INCORPORATED - AVERY ISLAND MINE, Avery Island, LA: NPDES LA0000264 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CARGILL INCORPORATED - AVERY ISLAND MINE, held by CARGILL INCORPORATED, SALT DIVISION, holds NPDES permit LA0000264, which discharges to Avery Island Canal. EPA’s file records it issued July 11, 2023 and expiring July 31, 2028. 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 filed | CARGILL INCORPORATED - AVERY ISLAND MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CARGILL INCORPORATED, SALT DIVISION |
| NPDES ID | LA0000264 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 11, 2023 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2028 |
| Address | Avery Island, LA 70560 |
| Receiving water | AVERY ISLAND CANAL |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Deblane Coulee-Bayou Petite Anse (HUC 080801030305) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2020 | 83% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 0 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2018 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calcium sulfate | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES LA0000264.
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.