Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0033456
COLFAX, TOWN OF -WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Colfax, LA: NPDES LA0033456 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COLFAX, TOWN OF -WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by COLFAX, TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit LA0033456, which discharges to 10a. EPA’s file records it issued March 18, 2016 and expiring April 30, 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 | COLFAX, TOWN OF -WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | COLFAX, TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | LA0033456 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 18, 2016 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2021 |
| Address | Colfax, LA 71417 |
| Receiving water | 10A |
| Subwatershed | Sugarhouse Bayou (HUC 111402070807) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 6 | 109 | 74 | May 31, 2026 | 2,074% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 64 | 42 | June 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 74 | 33 | June 30, 2026 | 380% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 28 | 6 | September 30, 2025 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 3 | 6 | 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 LA0033456.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.