Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0002283
SCHOLZ ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT, Sneads, FL: NPDES FL0002283 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 33Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SCHOLZ ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT, held by Florida Power & Light Company, holds NPDES permit FL0002283, which discharges to Apalachicola R Class Iii Fresh Wbid 375g. EPA’s file records it issued October 20, 2015 and expiring October 19, 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 | SCHOLZ ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Florida Power & Light Company |
| NPDES ID | FL0002283 |
| 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 | October 20, 2015 |
| Expiration date | October 19, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Sneads, FL 32460 |
| Receiving water | Apalachicola R Class III Fresh WBID 375G |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Ham Pond (HUC 031300110201) |
| 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
- 33Pollutants on file
- 33Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 8 | 4 | December 31, 2020 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 14 | 3 | August 31, 2023 | |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 10 | 3 | December 31, 2008 | 85% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 8 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2019 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 5 | 1 | June 30, 2007 | 13% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 6 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2020 | 9% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 6 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2020 | 52% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination duration | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vanadium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as PO4] | 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 FL0002283.
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.