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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0005231

PIONEER CHLOR ALKALI CO., INC, St. Gabriel, LA: NPDES LA0005231 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PIONEER CHLOR ALKALI CO., INC, held by PIONEER AMERICAS, LLC., holds NPDES permit LA0005231, which discharges to Mississippi River. EPA’s file records it issued July 26, 2013 and expiring July 31, 2018. 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 filedPIONEER CHLOR ALKALI CO., INC
Permittee as filedPIONEER AMERICAS, LLC.
NPDES IDLA0005231
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
IssuedJuly 26, 2013
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2018
AddressSt. Gabriel, LA 70776
Receiving waterMISSISSIPPI RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBayou Braud (HUC 080702020801)

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
Solids, total suspended61212December 31, 2025213% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general488September 30, 202499,999% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]388September 30, 2024144% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual253October 31, 20241,123% over the limit
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]242October 31, 2020192% over the limit
pH441January 31, 2023
Nickel, total [as Ni]211April 30, 201514% over the limit
Oil and grease211September 30, 2009120% over the limit
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1260
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2260
Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3260
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex250
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas250
NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex250
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas250
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex240
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas240
Copper, total [as Cu]220
pH range excursions, > 60 minutes120
pH range excursions, monthly total accum120
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant800
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C400
Chloride [as Cl]400
Lead, total [as Pb]200

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 LA0005231.

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.