Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0001589
MOSAIC FERTILIZER, LLC - BARTOW CHEMICAL PLANT, Bartow, FL: NPDES FL0001589 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 33Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MOSAIC FERTILIZER, LLC - BARTOW CHEMICAL PLANT, held by Mosaic Fertilizer, L.L.C., holds NPDES permit FL0001589, which discharges to Alafia R, Peace R. EPA’s file records it issued December 23, 2013 and expiring December 22, 2018. 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 | MOSAIC FERTILIZER, LLC - BARTOW CHEMICAL PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Mosaic Fertilizer, L.L.C. |
| NPDES ID | FL0001589 |
| 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 23, 2013 |
| Expiration date | December 22, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Bartow, FL 33830 |
| Receiving water | Alafia R, Peace R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler FLD000654699; ICIS-AIR source FL0000001210500046 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 35Pollutants on file
- 33Under a numeric limit
- 18With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 6 | 12 | 12 | June 30, 2026 | 98% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 6 | 5 | 5 | December 31, 2018 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Ammonia, unionized | 2 | 2 | 2 | October 31, 2005 | 50% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi | 0 | 85 | 1 | February 28, 2007 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Specific conductance | 12 | 15 | 1 | January 31, 2007 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 5 | 1 | June 30, 2006 | 24% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 11 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2006 | |
| Iron, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2005 | 10% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 84 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 16 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 16 | 13 | 0 | ||
| pH | 11 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 9 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as PO4] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorophyll A | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Streamflow | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Radium 226 + radium 228, total | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alpha, gross particle activity | 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 FL0001589.
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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