Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0003824
FIRESTONE POLYMERS, LLC - LAKE CHARLES PLANT, Lake Charles, LA: NPDES LA0003824 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FIRESTONE POLYMERS, LLC - LAKE CHARLES PLANT, held by Firestone Polymers, LLC - Lake Charles Facility, holds NPDES permit LA0003824, which discharges to 0323. EPA’s file records it issued October 30, 2012 and expiring November 30, 2017. 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 filed | FIRESTONE POLYMERS, LLC - LAKE CHARLES PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Firestone Polymers, LLC - Lake Charles Facility |
| NPDES ID | LA0003824 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 30, 2012 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2017 |
| Address | Lake Charles, LA 70665 |
| Receiving water | 0323 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Maple Fork-Bayou D'Inde (HUC 080802060301) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 30Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 24With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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 | 2 | 44 | 30 | September 30, 2025 | 298% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 25 | 11 | September 30, 2013 | 70% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 19 | 9 | November 30, 2021 | 90% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 22 | 6 | December 31, 2010 | |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 2 | 18 | 4 | August 31, 2010 | 61% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 19 | 3 | August 31, 2013 | 8% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 1 | 12 | 2 | July 31, 2022 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 0 | 10 | 2 | August 31, 2005 | 287% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 4 | 8 | 2 | January 31, 2012 | 74% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2011 | 160% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2023 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 1 | 11 | 1 | July 31, 1999 | 1% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 16 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 4 | 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 LA0003824.
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.