Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0000051
FLORIDA MINE - TRAIL RIDGE, Starke, FL: NPDES FL0000051 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 15Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FLORIDA MINE - TRAIL RIDGE, held by The Chemours Company FC LLC, holds NPDES permit FL0000051, which discharges to Alligator Creek And Blue Pond Class Iii Fresh. EPA’s file records it issued June 29, 2017 and expiring June 28, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | FLORIDA MINE - TRAIL RIDGE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | The Chemours Company FC LLC |
| NPDES ID | FL0000051 |
| 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 | June 29, 2017 |
| Expiration date | June 28, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Starke, FL 32091 |
| Receiving water | Alligator Creek and Blue Pond Class III Fresh |
| Subwatershed | Alligator Creek-Sante Fe River (HUC 031102060102) |
| NAICS | 212290 – Other Metal Ore Mining |
| SIC | 1099 – Metal Ores |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler FLD004059200; ICIS-AIR source FL0000001201900011 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 15With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron, total recoverable | 3 | 35 | 31 | July 31, 2020 | 98% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 35 | 29 | September 30, 2017 | 106% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 33 | 18 | March 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 3 | 23 | 8 | January 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 11 | 7 | July 31, 2018 | |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 4 | 4 | September 30, 2005 | 99,999% over the limit |
| IC25 Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2025 | 59% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 3 | 3 | September 30, 2008 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 8 | 2 | February 28, 2021 | 27% over the limit |
| Nickel, total recoverable | 3 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2025 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 3 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2025 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 19 | 1 | December 31, 2016 | 36% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi | 0 | 19 | 1 | December 31, 2016 | 26% over the limit |
| Radium 226 + radium 228, total | 1 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2001 | 12% over the limit |
| Length of longest pH excursion | 0 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2004 | 225% over the limit |
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 1 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Failed Toxicity Test | ST6 |
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 October 14, 2026.