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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0002208

FPL ST. LUCIE POWER PLANT, Jensen Beach, FL: NPDES FL0002208 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FPL ST. LUCIE POWER PLANT, held by FPL - St Lucie Plant, holds NPDES permit FL0002208, which discharges to Atlantic Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued November 4, 2016 and expiring November 3, 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 filedFPL ST. LUCIE POWER PLANT
Permittee as filedFPL - St Lucie Plant
NPDES IDFL0002208
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
IssuedNovember 4, 2016
Expiration dateNovember 3, 2021
Issuing agencyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection
AddressJensen Beach, FL 34957
Receiving waterATLANTIC OCEAN
NAICS221111 – Hydroelectric Power Generation
SIC4911 – 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

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
Solids, total suspended1471December 31, 201113% over the limit
Chlorination duration121February 28, 201983% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1270
Oil & Grease1460
Nitrogen, total [as N]340
Phosphorus, total [as P]340
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]240
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]240
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]240
Phosphate, ortho [as PO4]240
Oxidants, free available040
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit220
Temp. diff. between intake and discharge220
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)020
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Menidia020
Oxidants, total residual210
1,3-Diaminourea210
Hydrazine210
Chlorination010
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)300
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia300
Chlorine dioxide100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES FL0002208.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES FL0002208 for the FPL ST. LUCIE POWER PLANT in Jensen Beach, FL, held by FPL - St Lucie Plant and discharging to the Atlantic Ocean. The page lists the permit as administratively continued and classed as a Major Discharger, with 18 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.