Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0020427
NEPTUNE BEACH WWTF, Neptune Beach, FL: NPDES FL0020427 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 17Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NEPTUNE BEACH WWTF, held by Neptune Beach, City of, holds NPDES permit FL0020427, which discharges to St Johns R, Class Iii Marine, Wbid 2213a. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2019 and expiring April 30, 2024. 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 | NEPTUNE BEACH WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Neptune Beach, City of |
| NPDES ID | FL0020427 |
| 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 | May 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Neptune Beach, FL 32266 |
| Receiving water | St Johns R, Class III Marine, WBID 2213A |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Chicopit Bay (HUC 030801031606) |
| 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
- 29Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 17With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 9 | 62 | 62 | August 31, 2024 | 129% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 45 | 45 | September 30, 2024 | 1,301% over the limit |
| Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA | 4 | 24 | 24 | March 31, 2024 | 1,614% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 8 | 21 | 21 | July 31, 2024 | 658% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 14 | 12 | August 31, 2024 | 26% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 13 | 10 | November 30, 2019 | 90% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 10 | 10 | November 30, 2023 | 142,900% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 12 | 11 | 9 | December 31, 2023 | 326% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 4 | 7 | 7 | June 30, 2026 | 289% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 4 | 6 | 6 | November 30, 2023 | 100% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 6 | 6 | February 29, 2024 | 239% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 3 | 5 | 5 | July 31, 2023 | 56% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 3 | 5 | 5 | July 31, 2023 | 63% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 4 | February 28, 2026 | 194% over the limit |
| pH | 5 | 3 | 3 | October 31, 2002 | |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 3 | 3 | November 30, 2023 | 416% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Menidia | 0 | 14 | 2 | June 30, 2004 | 99,999% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 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 FL0020427.
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.