Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0020401
PALMETTO WWTP CITY OF, Palmetto, FL: NPDES FL0020401 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PALMETTO WWTP CITY OF, held by Palmetto, City of, holds NPDES permit FL0020401, which discharges to Tampa Bay Lower Class Ii Marine Wbid 1558a. EPA’s file records it issued April 23, 2020 and expiring April 22, 2025. 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 | PALMETTO WWTP CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Palmetto, City of |
| NPDES ID | FL0020401 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 23, 2020 |
| Expiration date | April 22, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Palmetto, FL 34221 |
| Receiving water | Tampa Bay Lower Class II Marine WBID 1558A |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Cockroach Bay-Terra Ceia Bay Frontal (HUC 031002060502) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
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
- 28Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 23With a violation of any kind
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dichlorobromomethane | 0 | 18 | 12 | January 31, 2011 | 50% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 9 | 30 | 11 | November 30, 2024 | 183% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 18 | 8 | October 31, 2024 | 42% over the limit |
| % of fecal coliform samples < detectable | 1 | 9 | 6 | October 31, 2022 | 99% over the limit |
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 5 | 2 | December 31, 2005 | 228% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Menidia | 0 | 3 | 2 | February 28, 2007 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 15 | 1 | May 31, 2005 | 2% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 14 | 1 | August 31, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 0 | 13 | 1 | August 31, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 4 | 1 | November 30, 2007 | 24% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 2 | 1 | April 30, 2005 | 99,999% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 3 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2020 | 72% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2004 | 124% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Menidia | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light intensity | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light transmittance | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light dosage | 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 FL0020401.
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.