Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0006220
AIR LIQUIDE LARGE INDUSTRIES U.S. LP, Geismar, LA: NPDES LA0006220 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AIR LIQUIDE LARGE INDUSTRIES U.S. LP, held by Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP, holds NPDES permit LA0006220, which discharges to Seg 070301 Mississippi River Basin. EPA’s file records it issued December 7, 2015 and expiring December 31, 2020. 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 | AIR LIQUIDE LARGE INDUSTRIES U.S. LP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP |
| NPDES ID | LA0006220 |
| 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 | December 7, 2015 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2020 |
| Address | Geismar, LA 70734 |
| Receiving water | SEG 070301 MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Claiborne Island (HUC 080701000105) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 16With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 52 | 43 | March 31, 2025 | 366% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 1 | 35 | 34 | June 30, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 1 | 22 | 21 | March 31, 2026 | 2,583% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 4 | 4 | June 30, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 19 | 3 | April 30, 2025 | 152% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 5 | 15 | 2 | March 31, 2024 | 44% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 1 | 5 | 2 | December 31, 2020 | 950% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 9 | 1 | December 31, 2025 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - 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 LA0006220.
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.