Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0095273
DAVID WADE CORRECTION CENTER, Homer, LA: NPDES LA0095273 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DAVID WADE CORRECTION CENTER, held by LA DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORRECTIONS, holds NPDES permit LA0095273, which discharges to Bayou D'Arbonne-Claiborne Lk. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2016 and expiring October 31, 2021. 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 | DAVID WADE CORRECTION CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LA DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORRECTIONS |
| NPDES ID | LA0095273 |
| 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 |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 29, 2016 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2021 |
| Address | Homer, LA 71040 |
| Receiving water | BAYOU D'ARBONNE-CLAIBORNE LK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Tiger Creek-Middle Fork Bayou D'arbonne (HUC 080402060601) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 5Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 48 | 48 | March 31, 2026 | 279% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 42 | 42 | November 30, 2025 | 187% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 31 | 31 | March 31, 2026 | 361% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 14 | 14 | November 30, 2025 | 1,580% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2026 | 203% over the limit |
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
- 13Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| December 31, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| December 31, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
| December 11, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| December 11, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| December 11, 2023 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| June 30, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| December 31, 2022 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| November 30, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| January 31, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| January 31, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| January 31, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
| December 31, 2019 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.