LEAN - Louisiana Environmental Action Network

Region 6 EPA suggestions to Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for development of missing water quality numeric criteria for Priority and Non-Priority Pollutants being discharged into waters of the state of Louisiana.

Report prepared by Wilma Subra

On September 11, 2009, Region 6 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued recommendations to the Office of Environmental Assessment of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for revisions in preparation for the triennial review of Louisiana Water Quality Standards. EPA Region 6 recommended that the State of Louisiana adopt water quality criteria for toxic substances consisting of Priority and Non-Priority Pollutants that are currently being discharged into Louisiana surface waters for which Louisiana currently does not have numeric criteria. The EPA recommended criteria values for each chemical and recommended the State of Louisiana adopt numerical criteria for the chemicals or demonstrate that the chemicals are not interfering with designated uses.

The chemicals that Region 6 of EPA recommended Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality adopt water quality criteria for consist of 15 Priority Pollutants and three Non-Priority Pollutants.

Priority Pollutants:

• Acrolein
• Acrylonitrile
• Anthracene
• Bis (2-chloroethyl) ether
• Carbon Tetrachloride
• 1,2-Dichlorobenzene
• 1,2-Dichloropropane
• 2,4-Dinitrophenol
• Hexachloroethane
• Nitrobenzene
• Pentachlorophenol
• Phenol
• Silver
• Tetrachloroethylene
• Trichloroethylene

Non-Priority Pollutants:

• Chlorine
• Ammonia
• Manganese

Peresented below are The Priority Pollutants and Non-Priority Pollutants that the EPA has identified for which the State of Louisiana does not have numeric criteria, the EPA recommended criteria based on designated uses and the industrial facilities that are currently discharging the chemicals into the specific surface waters of the state of Louisiana.

Priority Pollutants

Acrolein

EPA Water Quality Criteria:

• Human Health Water + Fish: 6 ug/l
• Human Health Fish: 9 ug/l

Industrial Facility Discharging Acrolein into surface waters of Louisiana:

• Taft/Star Manufacturing, Taft - Discharge to Mississippi River

Acrylonitrile

EPA Water Quality Criteria

• Human Health Water + Fish: 0.051 ug/l
• Human Health Fish: 0.25 ug/l

Industrial Facility Discharging Acrylonitrile into surface waters of Louisiana:

• Lion Copolymer, Baton Rouge - Discharge to Monte Sano Bayou

Anthracene

EPA Water Quality Criteria

• Human Health Water + Fish: 8,300 ug/l
• Human Health Fish: 40,000 ug/l

Industrial Facility Discharging Anthracene into surface waters of Louisiana:

• Exxon Mobil Chemical Plant, Baton Rouge - Discharge to Monte Sano Bayou

Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether

EPA Water Quality Criteria

• Human Health Water + Fish: 0.030 ug/l
• Human Health Fish: 0.53 ug/l

Industrial Facility Discharging Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether into surface waters of Louisiana:

• Occidental Chemical Corp., Convent - Discharge to Mississippi River

Carbon Tetrachloride

EPA Water Quality Criteria

• Human Health Water + Fish: 0.23 ug/l
• Human Health Fish: 1.6 ug/l

Industrial Facilities Discharging Carbon Tetrachloride into surface waters of Louisiana:

• Honeywell International, Baton Rouge - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Dow Chemical, Plaquemine - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Syngenta Crop Protection, St. Gabriel - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Occidental Chemical Corp., Geismar - Discharge to Mississippi River

1,2-Dichlorobenzene

EPA Water Quality Criteria

• Human Health Water + Fish: 420 ug/l
• Human Health Fish: 1,300 ug/l

Industrial Facility Discharging 1,2-Dichlorobenzene into surface waters of Louisiana:

• Dow Chemical, Plaquemine - Discharge to Mississippi River

1,2-Dichloropropane

EPA Water Quality Criteria

• Human Health Water + Fish: 0.05 ug/l
• Human Health Fish: 15 ug/l

Industrial Facility Discharging 1,2-Dichloropropane into surface waters of Louisiana:

• Dow Chemical, Plaquemine - Discharge to Mississippi River

2,4-Dinitrophenol

EPA Water Quality Criteria

• Human Health Water + Fish: 69 ug/l
• Human Health Fish: 5,300 ug/l

Industrial Facility Discharging 2,4-Dinitrophenol into surface waters of Louisiana:

• Dow Chemical, Plaquemine - Discharge to Mississippi River

Hexachloroethane

EPA Water Quality Criteria

• Human Health Water + Fish: 1.4 ug/l
• Human Health Fish: 3.3 ug/l

Industrial Facility Discharging Hexachloroethane into surface waters of Louisiana:

• Dow Chemical, Plaquemine - Discharge to Mississippi River

Nitrobenzene

EPA Water Quality Criteria

• Human Health Water + Fish: 17 ug/l
• Human Health Fish: 690 ug/l

Industrial Facility Discharging Nitrobenzene into surface waters of Louisiana:

• BASF Corp., Geismar - Discharge to Mississippi River

Pentachlorophenol

EPA Water Quality Criteria

• Human Health Water + Fish: 0.27 ug/l
• Human Health Fish: 3.0 ug/l

Aquatic Life Criteria

• Freshwater: CMC 19 ug/l, CCC 15 ug/l
• Marine: CMC 13 ug/l, CCC 7.9 ug/l

Industrial Facilities Discharging Pentachlorophenol into surface waters of Louisiana:

• Colfax Treating Co., Pineville - Discharge to Huffman Creek and Pineville POTW
• Dis-Tran WP Holdings, Pineville - Discharge to unnamed tributary of Flagon Bayou and Pineville POTW

Phenol

EPA Water Quality Criteria

• Human Health Water + Fish: 10,000 ug/l
• Human Health Fish: 860,000 ug/l

Industrial Facilities Discharging Phenol into surface waters of Louisiana:

• Exxon Mobil Chemical Plant, Baton Rouge - Discharge to Monte Sano Bayou
• Exxon Mobil Refining, Baton Rouge - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Rhodia, Inc., Baton Rouge - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls, Plaquemine - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Convent Refining, Convent - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Valero Refining, New Sarpy - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Chalmette Refining, Chalmette - Discharge to Bayou Bienvenue
• Chevron Oronite Co., Belle Chasse - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Citgo Petroleum, Westlake - Discharge to Bayou D’Inde & Calcasieu River
• Conoco Phillips Lake Charles Refinery, Westlake - Discharge to Calcasieu River
• International Paper Co., Mansfield - Discharge to Red River
• Smurfit-Stone Container, Hodge - Discharge to Dugdemona River
• Arclin USA, Inc., Winnfield - Discharge to Brushy Creek
• International Paper Red River, Campti - Discharge to Red River
• Alon Refining, Krotz Springs - Discharge to Atchafalaya River

Silver

EPA Water Quality Criteria

Aquatic Life Criteria

• Freshwater: CMC 3.2 ug/l
• Marine: CMC 1.9 ug/l

Industrial Facility Discharging Silver into surface waters of Louisiana:

• Shell Chemical , Geismar - Discharge to Mississippi River

Tetrachloroethylene

EPA Water Quality Criteria

• Human Health Water + Fish: 0.69 ug/l
• Human Health Fish: 3.3 ug/l

Industrial Facilities Discharging Tetrachloroethylene into surface waters of Louisiana:

• Honeywell International, Baton Rouge - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Dow Chemical, Plaquemine - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Honeywell International, Geismar - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Marathon Petroleum Corp., Garyville - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Conoco Phillips, Lake Charles Refinery, Westlake - Discharge to Calcasieu River

Trichloroethylene

EPA Water Quality Criteria

• Human Health Water + Fish: 2.7 ug/l
• Human Health Fish: 81 ug/l

Industrial Facility Discharging Trichloroethylene into surface waters of Louisiana:

• Honeywell International, Geismar - Discharge to Mississippi River

Non-Priority Pollutants

Ammonia

Industrial Facilities Discharging Ammonia into surface waters of Louisiana:

• Georgia Pacific Consumer Products, Zachary - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Exxon Mobil Chemical Plant, Baton Rouge - Discharge to Monte Sano Bayou
• Exxon Mobil Refining, Baton Rouge - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Lion Copolymer, Baton Rouge - Discharge to Monte Sano Bayou
• Placid Refining, Port Allen - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Dow Chemical, Plaquemine - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls, Plaquemine - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Syngenta Crop Protection, St. Gabriel - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Taminco Higher Amines, St. Gabriel - Discharge to Mississippi River
• BASF, Geismar - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Shell Chemical, Geismar - Discharge to Mississippi River
• PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, Geismar - Discharge to Mississippi River
• CF Industries, Donaldsonville - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Terra Miss. Nitrogen, Donaldsonville - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Mosaic Fertilizer Faustina, St. James - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Convent Refinery, Convent - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Marathon Petroleum, Garyville - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Nalco Co., Garyville - Discharge to MIssissippi River
• Monsanto, Luling - Discharge to MIssissippi River
• Taft/Star Manufacturing, Taft - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Shell Norco Chemical Plant West, Norco - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Motive Norco Refinery, Norco - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Valero Refining, New Sarpy - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Cytec Industries, Fortier Plant, Westwego - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Air Products & Chemicals, New Orleans - Discharge to Intracoastal Waterway
• Chalmette Refining, Chalmette - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Murphy Oil, Meraux - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Citgo Petroleum, Westlake - Discharge to Bayou D’Inde
• Conoco Phillips Lake Charles Refinery, Westlake - Discharge to Calcasieu River
• Basell USA, Westlake - Discharge to Calcasieu River
• PPG Industries, Westlake - Discharge to Bayou D’Inde
• W. River Grace, Sulphur - Discharge to Calcasieu River
• UOP Shreveport Plant, Shreveport - Discharge to Choctaw B.
• Graphic Packaging, West Monroe - Discharge to Ouachita River
• Angus Chemical, Stelington - Discharge to Ouachita River
• Koch Nitrogen, Sterlington - Discharge to Lowewa Bayou & Ouachita River
• International Paper Co., Bastrop - Discharge to Stalkinghead C.
• Dolet Hills Power Station, Mansfield - Discharge to Bayou Mundy
• International Paper Co., Mansfield - Discharge to Red River
• Smurfit Stone Container, Hodge - Discharge to Dugdemona River
• International Paper Red River, Campti - Discharge to Red River
• International Paper, Pineville - Discharge to Red River
• Boise Packaging, Deridder - Discharge to Anacoco Bayou
• Pilgrims Pride, Farmerville, Discharge to Hunnicutt Creek
• Alon Refining, Krotz Springs - Discharge to Atchafalaya River
• TIN, Bogalusa - Ditch to Pearl River
• Sanderson Farms, Hammond - Discharge to Yellow Water River

Chloride

EPA Water Quality Criteria

Aquatic Life Criteria

• Freshwater: CMC 19 ug/l, CCC 11 ug/l
• Marine: CMC 13 ug/l, CCC 7.5 ug/l

Industrial Facilities Discharging Chloride into surface waters of Louisiana:

• Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls, Plaquemine - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Syngenta Crop Protection, St. Gabriel - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Rubicon, Geismar, Discharge to Mississippi River
• Occidental Chemical, Hahnville - Discharge to Mississippi River
• PPG Industries, Westlake - Discharge to Bayou Verdine and Bayou D’Inde
• Sasol North America, Westlake - Discharge to Calcasieu River
• Koch Nitrogen, Sterlington - Discharge to Ouachita River

Manganese

EPA Water Quality Criteria

• Human Health Water + Fish: 50 ug/l
• Human Health Fish: 100 ug/l

Industrial Facilities Discharging Manganese into surface waters of Louisiana:

• Big Cajun 2, New Roads - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Georgia Pacific Consumer Products, Zachary - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls, Plaquemine - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Nalco Co., Garyville - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Citgo Petroleum, Westlake - Discharge to Bayou D’Inde and Calcasieu River
• LA Pigment Co., Westlake - Discharge to Calcasieu River
• Roy S. Nelson, Westlake - Discharge to Houston River
• Frymaster, Shreveport - Discharge to Shreveport POTW
• International Paper, Bastrop - Discharging to Staulkinghead CRiver
• Dolet Hills Power Station, Mansfield - Discharge to Bayou Mundy
• International Paper, Mansfield - Discharge to Red River
• Smurfit-Stone, Hodge - Discharge to Dugdemona River
• International Paper Red River Mill Campti - Discharge to Red River
• Rodemacher Power Station, Lena - Discharge to Lake Rodemacher
• International Paper, Pineville - Discharge to Red River
• Boise Packaging, Deridder - Discharge to Anacoco Bayou
• TIN, Bogalusa - Discharge to Pearl River
• Trinity Marine, Madisonville - Discharge to Tchefuncte River
• Bradken-Amite, Amite - Discharge to Tangipahoa River

Summary

Region 6 of EPA recommended that the State of Louisiana adopt water quality criteria for toxic substances consisting of 15 Priority and three Non-Priority Pollutants that are currently being discharged into Louisiana surface waters and for which Louisiana currently does not have numeric water quality criteria.

The 15 Priority Pollutants are being discharged into the surface waters of the state of Louisiana by 28 industrial facilities.

The following Industrial Facilities are discharging Priority Pollutants, that lack state water quality criteria, into the surface water resources of the state of Louisiana:

• Exxon Mobil Chemical Plant, Baton Rouge - Discharge to Monte Sano Bayou
• Exxon Mobil Refining, Baton Rouge - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Honeywell International, Baton Rouge - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Lion Copolymer, Baton Rouge - Discharge to Monte Sano Bayou
• Rhodia, Inc., Baton Rouge - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Dow Chemical, Plaquemine - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls, Plaquemine - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Syngenta Crop Protection, St. Gabriel - Discharge to Mississippi River
• BASF, Geismar - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Shell Chemical, Geismar - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Honeywell International, Geismar - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Occidental Chemical, Geismar - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Convent Refining, Convent - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Occidental Chemical, Convent - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Marathon Petroleum Corp., Garyville - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Taft/Star Manufacturing, Taft - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Valero Refining, New Sarpy - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Chalmette Refining, Chalmette - Discharge to Bayou Bienvenue
• Chevron Oronite Co., Belle Chasse - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Citgo Petroleum, Westlake - Discharge to Bayou D’Inde & Calcasieu River
• Conoco Phillips Lake Charles Refinery, Westlake - Discharge to Calcasieu River
• International Paper Co., Mansfield - Discharge to Red River
• Smurfit-Stone Container, Hodge - Discharge to Dugdemona River
• Arclin USA, Inc., Winnfield - Discharge to Brushy Creek
• International Paper Red River, Campti - Discharge to Red River
• Colfax Treating, Co., Pineville - Discharge to Huffman Creek and Pineville POTW
• Dis-Tran, WP Holdings, Pineville - Discharge to unnamed tributary off Flagon Bayou and Pineville POTW
• Alon Refining, Krotz Springs - Discharge to Atchafalaya River

The three Non-Priority Pollutants are being discharged into the surface waters of the state of Louisiana by 57 industrial facilities.

The following industrial facilities are discharging Non-Priority Pollutants, that lack water quality criteria, into the surface waters of the state of Louisiana:

• Big Cajun 2 Power Plant, New Roads - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Georgia Pacific Consumer Products, Zachary - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Exxon Mobil Chemical Plant, Baton Rouge - Discharge to Monte Sano Bayou
• Exxon Mobil Refining, Baton Rouge - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Lion Copolymer, Baton Rouge - Discharge to Monte Sano Bayou
• Placid Refining, Port Allen - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Dow Chemical, Plaquemine - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls, Plaquemine - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Syngenta Crop Protection, St. Gabriel - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Taminco Higher Amines, St. Gabriel - Discharge to Mississippi River
• BASF, Geismar - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Shell Chemical, Geismar - Discharge to Mississippi River
• PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, Geismar - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Rubicon, Geismar - Discharge to Mississippi River
• CF Industries, Donaldsonville - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Terra Miss. Nitrogen, Donaldsonville - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Mosaic Fertilizer Faustina, St. James - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Convent Refinery, Convent - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Marathon Petroleum, Garyville - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Nalco Co., Garyville - Discharge to MIssissippi River
• Monsanto, Luling - Discharge to MIssissippi River
• Taft/Star Manufacturing, Taft - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Shell Norco Chemical Plant West, Norco - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Motive Norco Refinery, Norco - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Valero Refining, New Sarpy - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Occidental Chemical, Hahnville - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Cytec Industries, Fortier Plant, Westwego - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Air Products & Chemicals, New Orleans - Discharge to Intracoastal Waterway
• Chalmette Refining, Chalmette - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Murphy Oil, Meraux - Discharge to Mississippi River
• Citgo Petroleum, Westlake - Discharge to Bayou D’Inde
• Conoco Phillips Lake Charles Refinery, Westlake - Discharge to Calcasieu River
• Basell USA, Westlake - Discharge to Calcasieu River
• LA Pigment Co., Westlake - Discharge to Calcasieu River
• PPG Industries, Westlake - Discharge to Bayou D’Inde
• Sasol North America, Westlake - Discharge to Calcasieu River
• Roy S. Nelson, Westlake - Discharge to Houston River
• W. River Grace, Sulphur - Discharge to Calcasieu River
• UOP Shreveport Plant, Shreveport - Discharge to Choctaw B.
• Frymaster, Shreveport - Discharge to Shreveport POTW
• Graphic Packaging, West Monroe - Discharge to Ouachita River
• Angus Chemical, Stelington - Discharge to Ouachita River
• Koch Nitrogen, Sterlington - Discharge to Lowewa Bayou & Ouachita River
• International Paper Co., Bastrop - Discharge to Stalkinghead C.
• Dolet Hills Power Station, Mansfield - Discharge to Bayou Mundy
• International Paper Co., Mansfield - Discharge to Red River
• Smurfit Stone Container, Hodge - Discharge to Dugdemona River
• International Paper Red River, Campti - Discharge to Red River
• Rodemacher Power Station, Lena - Discharge to Lake Rodemacher
• International Paper, Pineville - Discharge to Red River
• Boise Packaging, Deridder - Discharge to Anacoco Bayou
• Pilgrims Pride, Farmerville, Discharge to Hunnicutt Creek
• Alon Refining, Krotz Springs - Discharge to Atchafalaya River
• TIN, Bogalusa - Discharge to Pearl River
• Sanderson Farms, Hammond - Discharge to Yellow Water River
• Trinity Marine Products, Madisonville - Discharge to Tchefuncte River
• Bradken-Amite, Amite - Discharge to Tangipahoa River

Recommendations

LEAN requests that the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality establish numeric water quality criteria for the 15 Priority Pollutants and three Non-Priority Pollutants that EPA recommended be developed in their September 11, 2009 letter and would like to be included in that process.

Once the numeric water quality criteria have been developed LEAN requests that Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality reopen the LPDES permits for the industrial facilities that are discharging these pollutants into surface waters of the state of Louisiana in order for discharge limits to be established within those permits for the Priority and Non-Priority Pollutants.