Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0000817
TAMPA ELECTRIC CO BIG BEND POWER STATION, Gibsonton, FL: NPDES FL0000817 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TAMPA ELECTRIC CO BIG BEND POWER STATION, held by Tampa Electric Company (Teco), holds NPDES permit FL0000817, which discharges to Hillsborough Bay Class Iii Marine Wbid 1558d. EPA’s file records it issued December 30, 2011 and expiring December 29, 2016. 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 | TAMPA ELECTRIC CO BIG BEND POWER STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tampa Electric Company (Teco) |
| NPDES ID | FL0000817 |
| 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 | December 30, 2011 |
| Expiration date | December 29, 2016 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Gibsonton, FL 33534 |
| Receiving water | Hillsborough Bay Class III Marine WBID 1558D |
| Subwatershed | Kitchen Branch-Wolf Branch Frontal (HUC 031002060402) |
| NAICS | 221111 – Hydroelectric Power Generation |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler FLD000654640; ICIS-AIR source FL0000001205700039 |
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
- 23Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 11 | 11 | December 31, 2011 | 114% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 13 | 18 | 10 | October 31, 2011 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 7 | 7 | December 31, 2018 | 107% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation | 4 | 5 | 5 | October 31, 2018 | 28% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 3 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2016 | 380% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alpha, gross particle activity | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temp. diff. between intake and discharge | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Radium 226 + radium 228, total | 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
- 9Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 14, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Industrial Spill | ST6 |
| September 4, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Industrial Spill | ST6 |
| August 5, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Industrial Spill | ST6 |
| August 30, 2023 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| April 27, 2023 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| November 17, 2022 | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | ST6 |
| June 9, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| January 4, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| October 16, 2019 | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | 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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