Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0126756
METHANEX USA SERVICES LLC- GEISMAR PLANT, Geismar, LA: NPDES LA0126756 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 77Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
METHANEX USA SERVICES LLC- GEISMAR PLANT, held by Methanex USA Services, LLC, holds NPDES permit LA0126756. EPA’s file records it issued May 21, 2014 and expiring May 20, 2019. 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 | METHANEX USA SERVICES LLC- GEISMAR PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Methanex USA Services, LLC |
| NPDES ID | LA0126756 |
| 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 | May 21, 2014 |
| Expiration date | May 20, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | LDEQ |
| Address | Geismar, LA 70734 |
| 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
- 77Pollutants on file
- 77Under a numeric limit
- 4With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 77 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 9 | 7 | September 30, 2018 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 22 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2024 | |
| Chloroform | 4 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2015 | 117% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 10 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 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-Chlorophenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2-Nitrophenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrotoluene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,6-Dinitrotoluene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4-Nitrophenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 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 LA0126756.
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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