Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0002593
STERLING FIBERS, INC, Pace, FL: NPDES FL0002593 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
STERLING FIBERS, INC, held by Sterling Fibers, Inc., holds NPDES permit FL0002593, which discharges to Escambia Bay. EPA’s file records it issued October 10, 2011 and expiring October 9, 2016. 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 | STERLING FIBERS, INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Sterling Fibers, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | FL0002593 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 10, 2011 |
| Expiration date | October 9, 2016 |
| Address | Pace, FL 32571 |
| Receiving water | ESCAMBIA BAY |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| NAICS | 325220 – Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing |
| SIC | 2824 – Organic Fibers, Noncellulosic |
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
- 4Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 2 | 10 | 9 | March 31, 2016 | |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 29, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| August 29, 2019 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
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.