Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0001473
FPL CAPE CANAVERAL PLANT, Cocoa, FL: NPDES FL0001473 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FPL CAPE CANAVERAL PLANT, held by FPL Cape Canaveral Plant, holds NPDES permit FL0001473, which discharges to Indian R, Class Ii Marine, Wbid 2963d1. EPA’s file records it issued May 13, 2016 and expiring May 12, 2021. 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 | FPL CAPE CANAVERAL PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FPL Cape Canaveral Plant |
| NPDES ID | FL0001473 |
| 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 | May 13, 2016 |
| Expiration date | May 12, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Cocoa, FL 32927 |
| Receiving water | Indian R, Class II Marine, WBID 2963D1 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Indian River Lagoon (HUC 030802020302) |
| NAICS | 221111 – Hydroelectric Power Generation |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler FLD000631721; ICIS-AIR source FL0000001200900006 |
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
- 16Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorination duration | 2 | 6 | 4 | June 30, 2021 | 1,725% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 8 | 2 | June 30, 2016 | 43% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 6 | 2 | August 31, 2014 | 18% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Temp. diff. between intake and discharge | 4 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxidants, total residual | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine dioxide | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES FL0001473.
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 October 14, 2026.