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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0036412

BATON ROUGE, CITY OF, Baton Rouge, LA: NPDES LA0036412 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BATON ROUGE, CITY OF, held by E BATON ROUGE CITY-PAR (SOUTH), holds NPDES permit LA0036412, which discharges to Mississippi River. EPA’s file records it issued August 17, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023. 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 filedBATON ROUGE, CITY OF
Permittee as filedE BATON ROUGE CITY-PAR (SOUTH)
NPDES IDLA0036412
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 17, 2018
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2023
AddressBaton Rouge, LA 70802
Receiving waterMISSISSIPPI RIVER
SubwatershedManchac Point (HUC 080701000104)

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 114 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C3130130March 31, 201987% over the limit
Solids, total suspended37272March 31, 2026500% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general27171June 30, 20244,621% over the limit
BOD, percent removal [total]06060February 29, 201256% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual11515June 30, 2025114% over the limit
pH222November 30, 2022
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex2180
NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex2180
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas2160
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas2160
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas2160
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex1140
Priority pollutants scan [yes/no]1110
Nitrogen, total [as N]620
Phosphorus, total [as P]620
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]020
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]020
Fluoride, total [as F]020
Arsenic, total [as As]020
Barium, total [as Ba]020
Beryllium, total [as Be]020
Cadmium, total [as Cd]020
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]020
Chromium, trivalent [as Cr]020
Copper, total [as Cu]020
Lead, total [as Pb]020
Thallium, total [as Tl]020
Nickel, total [as Ni]020
Silver, total [as Ag]020
Zinc, total [as Zn]020
Antimony, total [as Sb]020
Selenium, total [as Se]020
p-Dichlorobenzene020
2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxypropionic acid020
Dichlorobromomethane020
Carbon tetrachloride020
1,2-Dichloroethane020
Bromoform020
Chloroform020
Phenolics, total recoverable020
Toluene020
Benzene020
Acrolein020
Acrylonitrile020
Anthracene020
Bis[chloromethyl] ether020
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether020
Chlorobenzene020
Diethyl phthalate020
Dimethyl phthalate020
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine020
.beta.-Endosulfan020
.alpha.-Endosulfan020
Ethylbenzene020
Fluoranthene020
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene020
Hexachlorobutadiene020
Hexachloroethane020
Isophorone020
Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]020

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 LA0036412.

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.