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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0083801

LADPSC - RAYMOND LABORDE CORRECTIONAL CENTER, Cottonport, LA: NPDES LA0083801 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LADPSC - RAYMOND LABORDE CORRECTIONAL CENTER, held by LA DEPT OF CORRECTIONS-RAYMOND LABORDE CORRECTIONAL CTR, holds NPDES permit LA0083801. EPA’s file records it issued April 15, 2020 and expiring April 30, 2025. 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 filedLADPSC - RAYMOND LABORDE CORRECTIONAL CENTER
Permittee as filedLA DEPT OF CORRECTIONS-RAYMOND LABORDE CORRECTIONAL CTR
NPDES IDLA0083801
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 15, 2020
Expiration dateApril 30, 2025
AddressCottonport, LA 71327
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBayou Choupique-Bayou Jack (HUC 080801020403)

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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended62620October 31, 20241,233% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]62315June 30, 202696% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]121610April 30, 2019180% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]21410March 31, 202654% over the limit
pH451October 31, 2024
Coliform, fecal general451April 30, 202435% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]360
Phosphorus, total [as P]360
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant440

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
February 23, 2021Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
February 23, 2021Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
December 31, 2020Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
March 31, 2017Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
March 31, 2017Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
February 28, 2017Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6

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.