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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0000159

CITRUS COMBINED CYCLE PB1 PB2, Crystal River, FL: NPDES FL0000159 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITRUS COMBINED CYCLE PB1 PB2, held by Duke Energy Crystal River, holds NPDES permit FL0000159, which discharges to Gulf Of Mexico Wbid 8039 Class Ii Marine. EPA’s file records it issued March 13, 2020 and expiring March 12, 2025. 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 filedCITRUS COMBINED CYCLE PB1 PB2
Permittee as filedDuke Energy Crystal River
NPDES IDFL0000159
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 13, 2020
Expiration dateMarch 12, 2025
Issuing agencyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection
AddressCrystal River, FL 34428
Receiving waterGulf of Mexico WBID 8039 Class II Marine
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLittle Rocky Creek-Cedar Creek Frontal (HUC 031002070101)
NAICS221111 – Hydroelectric Power Generation
SIC4911 – Electric Services
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler FLT960054831; ICIS-AIR source FL0000001201700004

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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)033October 31, 201199,999% over the limit
pH16102February 28, 2013
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit822June 30, 20090% over the limit
Nickel, total recoverable222July 31, 20122,310% over the limit
Cadmium, total recoverable222July 31, 2012639% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable222July 31, 2012224% over the limit
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Menidia022October 31, 201199,999% over the limit
Oil & Grease2271February 28, 20104% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4191July 31, 201214% over the limit
Arsenic, total recoverable211September 30, 200864% over the limit
Iron, total recoverable211September 30, 200833% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant20120
Oxidants, total residual12120
Total residual ooxidant-discharge time460
Spectrus CT 1300010
Nitrogen, total [as N]1000
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]1000
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]1000
Phosphate, ortho [as PO4]1000
Phosphorus, total [as P]1000
Specific conductance400
Chlorination duration400
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)400
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia400
Selenium, total recoverable200
Zinc, total recoverable200
Aluminum, total recoverable200
Lead, total recoverable200
Chromium, total recoverable200
Vanadium, total recoverable200
Cycles Of Concentration200
Temp. diff. between intake and discharge200
Mercury, total recoverable200
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]100

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 13, 2023WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 4, 2021WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6

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.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES FL0000159 for CITRUS COMBINED CYCLE PB1 PB2 in Crystal River, FL, held by Duke Energy Crystal River, which is listed as a Major discharger and administratively continued. The page lists 11 pollutants under a numeric limit and 11 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit recorded as issued March 13, 2020 and expiring March 12, 2025.