Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0020257
BUNKIE, CITY OF, Bunkie, LA: NPDES LA0020257 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BUNKIE, CITY OF, held by TOWN OF BUNKIE, holds NPDES permit LA0020257, which discharges to Unnamed Ditch To Bayou Dulac. EPA’s file records it issued September 16, 2016 and expiring October 31, 2021. 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 | BUNKIE, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TOWN OF BUNKIE |
| NPDES ID | LA0020257 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 16, 2016 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2021 |
| Address | Bunkie, LA 71322 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED DITCH TO BAYOU DULAC |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Chatlin Lake Canal-Bayou Du Lac (HUC 080801020107) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 24With 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 | 3 | 57 | 45 | October 31, 2025 | 370% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 27 | 24 | September 30, 2008 | 3,983% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 20 | 12 | October 31, 2018 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 21 | 9 | July 31, 2022 | 57% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 13 | 9 | January 31, 2004 | 304% over the limit |
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubia | 2 | 16 | 6 | July 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 9 | 3 | December 31, 2010 | 99% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 10 | 2 | July 31, 2010 | |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 3 | 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 LA0020257.
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.