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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0001104

WESTROCK - FERNANDINA BEACH MILL, Fernandina Beach, FL: NPDES FL0001104 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WESTROCK - FERNANDINA BEACH MILL, held by WestRock CP, LLC., holds NPDES permit FL0001104, which discharges to Amelia R Class Iii Marine Wbid 2124. EPA’s file records it issued October 15, 2015 and expiring November 11, 2020. 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 filedWESTROCK - FERNANDINA BEACH MILL
Permittee as filedWestRock CP, LLC.
NPDES IDFL0001104
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
IssuedOctober 15, 2015
Expiration dateNovember 11, 2020
Issuing agencyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection
AddressFernandina Beach, FL 32034
Receiving waterAmelia R Class III Marine WBID 2124
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedAmelia River (HUC 030702040906)
NAICS322130 – Paperboard Mills
SIC2631 – Paperboard Mills
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler FLD004056230; ICIS-AIR source FL0000001208900003

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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C41313February 28, 2026369% over the limit
Nickel, total recoverable355June 30, 200869% over the limit
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)354November 30, 202573% over the limit
Solids, total suspended633November 30, 202173% over the limit
pH533March 31, 2008
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]422June 30, 201212% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable322December 31, 201617% over the limit
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia321April 30, 202073% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]611June 30, 20213% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit111June 30, 20081% over the limit
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)030
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Menidia030
Nitrogen, total [as N]600
Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation500
Chlorophyll A400
Temperature, water deg. centigrade300
Tide stage300
Specific conductance300
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]300
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]300
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia300
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales300
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]200
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]200
Arsenic, total recoverable200
Iron, total recoverable200
Silver total recoverable200
Zinc, total recoverable200
Aluminum, total recoverable200
Cadmium, total recoverable200
Lead, total recoverable200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate200
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]200
Turbidity100
Mercury, total recoverable100

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
June 15, 2024Effluent Violations - Industrial SpillST6
April 16, 2023WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
March 10, 2023Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
January 31, 2021WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
August 12, 2019Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES FL0001104 for the WESTROCK - FERNANDINA BEACH MILL in Fernandina Beach, FL, held by WestRock CP, LLC., which discharges to Amelia R Class Iii Marine WBID 2124. The page lists the permit as administratively continued and a Major discharger class, with 34 pollutants under a numeric limit and 10 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.