Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0005312
CALUMET LUBRICANTS COMPANY, L.P.- COTTON VALLEY REFINERY, Cotton Valley, LA: NPDES LA0005312 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CALUMET LUBRICANTS COMPANY, L.P.- COTTON VALLEY REFINERY, held by Calumet Lubricants Company, L.P.- Cotton Valley Refinery, holds NPDES permit LA0005312, which discharges to French Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 20, 2015 and expiring September 30, 2020. 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 | CALUMET LUBRICANTS COMPANY, L.P.- COTTON VALLEY REFINERY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Calumet Lubricants Company, L.P.- Cotton Valley Refinery |
| NPDES ID | LA0005312 |
| 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 | August 20, 2015 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2020 |
| Address | Cotton Valley, LA 71018 |
| Receiving water | FRENCH CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Gray Creek-Bayou Dorcheat (HUC 111402030305) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | 3 | 72 | 57 | October 31, 2024 | 893% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 22 | 12 | March 31, 2018 | 171% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 10 | 4 | August 31, 2018 | 333% over the limit |
| Whole effluent toxicity | 0 | 8 | 2 | March 31, 2007 | 100% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 25 | 1 | June 30, 2004 | |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 13 | 1 | September 30, 2001 | 26% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 4 | 11 | 1 | July 31, 1998 | 402% over the limit |
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 4 | 7 | 1 | March 31, 2007 | 90% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 1, 2017 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| September 1, 2017 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
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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