Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0000078
MOSAIC FERTILIZER, LLC - PLANT CITY OPERATIONS, Plant City, FL: NPDES FL0000078 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MOSAIC FERTILIZER, LLC - PLANT CITY OPERATIONS, held by Mosaic Fertilizer, L.L.C., holds NPDES permit FL0000078, which discharges to Big Ditch Wbid 1469, Tributary Of Hillsborough R. EPA’s file records it issued June 16, 2014 and expiring June 15, 2019. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | MOSAIC FERTILIZER, LLC - PLANT CITY OPERATIONS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Mosaic Fertilizer, L.L.C. |
| NPDES ID | FL0000078 |
| 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 16, 2014 |
| Expiration date | June 15, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Plant City, FL 33565 |
| Receiving water | Big Ditch WBID 1469, tributary of Hillsborough R |
| Subwatershed | Branch Borough Channel (HUC 031002050202) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler FLD046088829; ICIS-AIR source FL0000001205700005 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation | 4 | 10 | 4 | September 30, 2015 | 83% over the limit |
| Ammonia, unionized | 2 | 10 | 4 | October 31, 2021 | 3,300% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 12 | 2 | August 31, 2015 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 7 | 14 | 1 | September 30, 2017 | 20% over the limit |
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 2 | 7 | 1 | September 30, 2017 | 58% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 6 | 1 | September 30, 2004 | 28% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 4 | 5 | 1 | September 30, 2009 | |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2021 | 18% over the limit |
| Specific conductance | 4 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 7 | 13 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Radium 226 + radium 228, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alpha, gross particle activity | 1 | 1 | 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 FL0000078.
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 15, 2026.