Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0003174
HURLBURT FIELD AWTP, Mary Esther, FL: NPDES FL0003174 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HURLBURT FIELD AWTP, held by 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron, holds NPDES permit FL0003174, which discharges to East Bay R Class Iii Fresh Wbid 701b. EPA’s file records it issued September 1, 2015 and expiring August 31, 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 | HURLBURT FIELD AWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron |
| NPDES ID | FL0003174 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Federal facility |
| Issued | September 1, 2015 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Mary Esther, FL 32544 |
| Receiving water | East Bay R Class III Fresh WBID 701B |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper East Bay River (HUC 031401050103) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler FL7570024375; ICIS-AIR source FL0000001209100064 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 28Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 27With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 33 | 13 | September 30, 2025 | 78% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 5 | 27 | 10 | March 31, 2026 | 187% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia, tot unionized [as N] | 1 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2014 | 750% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 25 | 2 | December 31, 2016 | 60% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 6 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 9 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 14 | 0 | ||
| pH | 5 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Herbaceous vegetation, presence | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Fish, presence | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Threatened & endangered species, presence | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 4 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Woody vegetation, presence | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Stream stage | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chlorophyll A | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Water level at sample collection time | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tide stage | 3 | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 1, 2024 | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | ST6 |
| April 23, 2022 | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | ST6 |
| April 15, 2021 | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | ST6 |
| September 15, 2020 | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | 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.