Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0071048
LOU ANA LANDFARM, Opelousas, LA: NPDES LA0071048 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LOU ANA LANDFARM, held by VENTURA FOODS LLC, holds NPDES permit LA0071048, which discharges to Bayou Carron Bayou Teche. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2015 and expiring October 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 | LOU ANA LANDFARM |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | VENTURA FOODS LLC |
| NPDES ID | LA0071048 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 29, 2015 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2020 |
| Address | Opelousas, LA 70571 |
| Receiving water | BAYOU CARRON BAYOU TECHE |
| Subwatershed | Bayou Grand Louis-Bayou Carron (HUC 080801020603) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2025 | 67% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 2 | 1 | August 31, 2016 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 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 LA0071048.
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.