Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0126527
LOUISIANA ENERGY & POWER AUTHORITY (LEPA) - MORGAN CITY POWER PLANT, Morgan City, LA: NPDES LA0126527 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LOUISIANA ENERGY & POWER AUTHORITY (LEPA) - MORGAN CITY POWER PLANT, held by LOUISIANA ENERGY & POWER AUTHORITY, holds NPDES permit LA0126527. EPA’s file records it issued February 27, 2018 and expiring January 31, 2024. 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 | LOUISIANA ENERGY & POWER AUTHORITY (LEPA) - MORGAN CITY POWER PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LOUISIANA ENERGY & POWER AUTHORITY |
| NPDES ID | LA0126527 |
| 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 | February 27, 2018 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2024 |
| Address | Morgan City, LA 70380 |
| Subwatershed | Lake Palourde (HUC 080903020101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 11Under 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.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, free available | 4 | 17 | 15 | March 31, 2019 | 330% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 15 | 8 | March 31, 2024 | 247% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 8 | 10 | 8 | December 31, 2023 | 101% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 4 | 8 | 2 | August 31, 2023 | 22% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 8 | 5 | 1 | May 31, 2026 | 40% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 4 | 1 | December 31, 2018 | 53% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 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 LA0126527.
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.