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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0094242

FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL LLC, Lafayette, LA: NPDES LA0094242 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL LLC, held by FRANKS INTERNATIONAL LLC, holds NPDES permit LA0094242, which discharges to Bayou Tortue-Charlo Lk-Verm Riv. 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 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedFRANK'S INTERNATIONAL LLC
Permittee as filedFRANKS INTERNATIONAL LLC
NPDES IDLA0094242
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 3, 2014
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2019
AddressLafayette, LA 70505
Receiving waterBAYOU TORTUE-CHARLO LK-VERM RIV
SubwatershedAnselm Coulee-Vermilion River (HUC 080801030109)

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
Coliform, fecal general1612215March 31, 202499,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended1716314December 31, 2020497% over the limit
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]61048December 31, 2022108% over the limit
pH181226September 30, 2020
Oil & Grease0126December 31, 202278% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C161114June 30, 201860% over the limit
Oil and grease3252June 30, 201899% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant181640

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
January 28, 2021Effluent Violations - Industrial SpillST6
January 28, 2021Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
February 26, 2020WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Conduct InspectionsST6

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.