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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0002721

HOMESTEAD MUNICIPAL POWER PLANT, Homestead, FL: NPDES FL0002721 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HOMESTEAD MUNICIPAL POWER PLANT, held by City of Homestead, holds NPDES permit FL0002721, which discharges to Biscayne Bay Class Iii Fresh. EPA’s file records it issued September 7, 2016 and expiring December 4, 2021.

HOMESTEAD MUNICIPAL POWER PLANT, Homestead, Florida: Individual permit FL0002721, held by City of Homestead; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 7, 2016, term to December 4, 2021, by Florida Department of Environmental Protection; discharges to Biscayne Bay Class III Fresh.

  • Oil & Grease: 1 limit, 11 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2022, largest 206% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2018.
  • Copper, total recoverable: 3 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2016, largest 2,147,483,650% over the limit.
  • Iron, total recoverable: 1 limit, 3 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2025, largest 370% over the limit.
  • Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2005, largest 2% over the limit.
  • Zinc, total recoverable: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Hardness, total [as CaCO3]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • November 12, 2020: Monitoring Violations - No Flow Measurement Device (ST6).

Other permits held by City of Homestead

HOMESTEAD MUNICIPAL POWER PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 57 discharge permits in the Mowery Canal subwatershed (HUC 030902061605), FL0002721 among them. Its county holds 1,003, 37 of them major permits; FL0002721 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Mowery Canal subwatershed (HUC 030902061605)

Identity

Facility as filedHOMESTEAD MUNICIPAL POWER PLANT
Permittee as filedCity of Homestead
NPDES IDFL0002721
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 7, 2016
Expiration dateDecember 4, 2021
Issuing agencyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection
AddressHomestead, FL 33030
Receiving waterBiscayne Bay Class III Fresh
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedMowery Canal (HUC 030902061605)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler FLD982145864; ICIS-AIR source FL0000001202500013

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
Oil & Grease11110September 30, 2022206% over the limit
pH264November 30, 2018
Copper, total recoverable363November 30, 20162,147,483,650% over the limit
Iron, total recoverable132April 30, 2025370% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit222September 30, 20052% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable330
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant210
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]110

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
November 12, 2020Monitoring Violations - No Flow Measurement DeviceST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES FL0002721.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES FL0002721.

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This public-records page covers the NPDES FL0002721 discharge permit held by the City of Homestead for the Homestead Municipal Power Plant in Homestead, FL, which discharges to Biscayne Bay, with an administratively continued status and a minor discharger classification. The page lists 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.