Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0097161
LINDE, INC. -GEISMAR FACILITY, Geismar, LA: NPDES LA0097161 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LINDE, INC. -GEISMAR FACILITY, held by PRAXAIR,INC. -GEISMAR FACILITY, holds NPDES permit LA0097161, which discharges to New River Petite Amite Blind River. EPA’s file records it issued July 9, 2013 and expiring July 31, 2018. 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 | LINDE, INC. -GEISMAR FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRAXAIR,INC. -GEISMAR FACILITY |
| NPDES ID | LA0097161 |
| 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 | July 9, 2013 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2018 |
| Address | Geismar, LA 70734 |
| Receiving water | NEW RIVER PETITE AMITE BLIND RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Grand Goudine Bayou-New River (HUC 080702040103) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 5 | 5 | 3 | February 28, 2023 | 340% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 3 | 1 | January 31, 2020 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 3 | 1 | January 31, 2020 | 127% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 5 | 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 LA0097161.
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.