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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0003034

ALMA PLANTATION, LTD., Lakeland, LA: NPDES LA0003034 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ALMA PLANTATION, LTD., held by Alma Plantation, LLC, holds NPDES permit LA0003034, which discharges to Stumpy Bayou/Poydras Bayou. EPA’s file records it issued September 18, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedALMA PLANTATION, LTD.
Permittee as filedAlma Plantation, LLC
NPDES IDLA0003034
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 18, 2018
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2023
AddressLakeland, LA 70752
Receiving waterSTUMPY BAYOU/POYDRAS BAYOU
SubwatershedBayou Poydras-Stumpy Bayou (HUC 080703000202)

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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C83834January 31, 202699,999% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]4148January 31, 201319% over the limit
Solids, total suspended642November 30, 2016152% over the limit
pH451November 30, 2025
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia4220
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia4220
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia4220
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia4220
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2220
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas4200
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas4200
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas4200
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas4200
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2200
Nitrogen, total [as N]470
Phosphorus, total [as P]470
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant440
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]020
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1800
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2800
WET, sublethal retest #1800
WET, sublethal retest #2800
Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3800
Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3800

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 5, 2017Effluent Violations - Unauthorized DischargeST6
January 5, 2017Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6

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 14, 2026.