Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0001503
DANIA BEACH ENERGY CENTER, Fort Lauderdale, FL: NPDES FL0001503 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DANIA BEACH ENERGY CENTER, held by Dania Beach Energy Center, holds NPDES permit FL0001503, which discharges to S Fork Of New R, Dania Cutoff Canal. EPA’s file records it issued June 8, 2015 and expiring June 24, 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 filed | DANIA BEACH ENERGY CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Dania Beach Energy Center |
| NPDES ID | FL0001503 |
| 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 | June 8, 2015 |
| Expiration date | June 24, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314 |
| Receiving water | S Fork of New R, Dania Cutoff Canal |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Boca Raton Inlet-Port Everglades (HUC 030902061300) |
| NAICS | 221111 – Hydroelectric Power Generation |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 16With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 20 | 17 | 1 | March 31, 2006 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 17 | 14 | 1 | December 31, 2024 | 113% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 3 | 4 | 1 | June 30, 2016 | 71% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 23 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 12 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 14 | 8 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Menidia | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Temp. diff. between intake and discharge | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination duration | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxidants, total residual | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 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 FL0001503.
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.