Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0000655
PCS PHOSPHATE - WHITE SPRINGS, Jasper, FL: NPDES FL0000655 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 14Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PCS PHOSPHATE - WHITE SPRINGS, held by White Springs Agricultural Chemical Inc DBA PCS Phosphate, holds NPDES permit FL0000655, which discharges to Swift Cr, Hunter Cr, Roaring Cr, Camp Branch. EPA’s file records it issued January 28, 2020 and expiring January 27, 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 filed | PCS PHOSPHATE - WHITE SPRINGS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | White Springs Agricultural Chemical Inc DBA PCS Phosphate |
| NPDES ID | FL0000655 |
| 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 | January 28, 2020 |
| Expiration date | January 27, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Jasper, FL 32096 |
| Receiving water | Swift Cr, Hunter Cr, Roaring Cr, Camp Branch |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Hunter Creek (HUC 031102010603) |
| NAICS | 212390 – Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying |
| SIC | 1475 – Phosphate Rock |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler FLD098372360; ICIS-AIR source FL0000001204700002 |
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
- 31Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 31With a violation of any kind
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 26 | 248 | 29 | June 30, 2026 | 1,434% over the limit |
| pH | 20 | 177 | 17 | December 31, 2023 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 20 | 153 | 15 | December 31, 2025 | 141% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 12 | 8 | March 31, 2008 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 37 | 91 | 7 | June 30, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 7 | 61 | 7 | October 31, 2014 | 36% over the limit |
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 16 | 135 | 5 | July 31, 2012 | 1,960% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 19 | 5 | May 31, 2014 | 95% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 8 | 4 | March 31, 2008 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total non- volatile, non-fixed | 0 | 49 | 3 | July 31, 2012 | 63% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 17 | 127 | 2 | June 30, 2025 | |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 9 | 83 | 1 | April 30, 2004 | 99,999% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 3 | 13 | 1 | June 30, 2011 | 37% over the limit |
| Solids, fixed suspended | 10 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2024 | 3% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 28 | 190 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 18 | 172 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi | 9 | 85 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 11 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 8 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia, unionized | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 6 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Radium 226 + radium 228, total | 6 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Alpha, gross particle activity | 6 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Residue, tot fltrble [dried at 105 C] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia dissolved | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Alpha gross radioactivity | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorophyll A | 4 | 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
- 5Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 14, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Industrial Spill | ST6 |
| February 3, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Industrial Spill | ST6 |
| January 12, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Industrial Spill | ST6 |
| September 9, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| July 1, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
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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.