Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0039390
PLACID REFINING CO, Port Allen, LA: NPDES LA0039390 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PLACID REFINING CO, held by PLACID REFINING CO-PORT ALLEN, holds NPDES permit LA0039390, which discharges to 001 Mississippi, Else Icww. EPA’s file records it issued September 3, 2014 and expiring September 30, 2019. 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 | PLACID REFINING CO |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PLACID REFINING CO-PORT ALLEN |
| NPDES ID | LA0039390 |
| 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 | September 3, 2014 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2019 |
| Address | Port Allen, LA 70767 |
| Receiving water | 001 MISSISSIPPI, ELSE ICWW |
| Subwatershed | Manchac Point (HUC 080701000104) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil and grease | 13 | 31 | 22 | June 30, 2015 | 192% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 15 | 12 | July 31, 2022 | 166% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 14 | 12 | December 31, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 20 | 20 | 8 | September 30, 2021 | |
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 1 | 7 | 5 | May 31, 2025 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 9 | 10 | 4 | March 31, 2018 | 938% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 4 | 4 | 2 | November 30, 2017 | 134% over the limit |
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 4 | 4 | 2 | April 30, 2025 | 91% over the limit |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 2 | February 28, 2009 | 573% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 19 | 13 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BTEX | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 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 LA0039390.
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.