Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0001538
FPL PORT EVERGLADES PLANT, Fort Lauderdale, FL: NPDES FL0001538 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FPL PORT EVERGLADES PLANT, held by FPL - Port Everglades, holds NPDES permit FL0001538, which discharges to Intracoastal Wtwy Class Iii Marine Wbid 3226g3. EPA’s file records it issued July 13, 2015 and expiring July 21, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | FPL PORT EVERGLADES PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FPL - Port Everglades |
| NPDES ID | FL0001538 |
| 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 | July 13, 2015 |
| Expiration date | July 21, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 |
| Receiving water | Intracoastal Wtwy Class III Marine WBID 3226G3 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Boca Raton Inlet-Port Everglades (HUC 030902061300) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler FLD000807800; ICIS-AIR source FL0000001201100036 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 30Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 4 | December 31, 2012 | 400% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 3 | 5 | 2 | December 31, 2020 | 29% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 4 | 2 | December 31, 2009 | 63% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 4 | 2 | March 31, 2007 | |
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 2 | June 30, 2005 | 273% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 2 | June 30, 2005 | 332% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2025 | 13% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2012 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2004 | 420% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Temp. diff. between intake and discharge | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Menidia | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxidants, total residual | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, dissolved [as F] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Time of bromine addition | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination duration | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hydrazine | 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 FL0001538.
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 September 15, 2026.