Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0125270
FLOPAM INC.-PLAQUEMINE PLANT, Plaquemine, LA: NPDES LA0125270 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 67Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FLOPAM INC.-PLAQUEMINE PLANT, held by FLOPAM INC., holds NPDES permit LA0125270. 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 | FLOPAM INC.-PLAQUEMINE PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FLOPAM INC. |
| NPDES ID | LA0125270 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 29, 2016 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2021 |
| Address | Plaquemine, LA 70764 |
| Subwatershed | Bayou La Butte-Logging Canal (HUC 080703000401) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 69Pollutants on file
- 67Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 69 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 16 | 14 | March 31, 2025 | 308% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 22 | 16 | 13 | September 30, 2022 | 4,656% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 7 | 7 | 4 | August 31, 2021 | 2,440% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 4 | 4 | September 30, 2012 | 400% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 6 | 1 | October 31, 2013 | 13% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 0 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2025 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 22 | 12 | 0 | ||
| pH | 16 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 9 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Methyl chloride [Chloromethane] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2-Nitrophenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4-Nitrophenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Di-n-butyl phthalate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vinyl chloride | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Trichloroethylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,3-Dichloropropylene | 4 | 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 LA0125270.
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.