Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0020541
CAPE CANAVERAL WRF, Cape Canaveral, FL: NPDES FL0020541 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CAPE CANAVERAL WRF, held by Cape Canaveral, City of, holds NPDES permit FL0020541, which discharges to Banana R Class Iii Marine Wbid 3057b. EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022. 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 | CAPE CANAVERAL WRF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Cape Canaveral, City of |
| NPDES ID | FL0020541 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 1, 2017 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 |
| Receiving water | Banana R Class III Marine WBID 3057B |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | South Banana River (HUC 030802020203) |
| 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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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] | 8 | 58 | 42 | June 30, 2026 | 664% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 52 | 34 | February 28, 2025 | 401% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 42 | 26 | May 31, 2026 | 679% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 1 | 9 | 5 | September 30, 2015 | 380% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 14 | 4 | October 31, 2014 | 13,100% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 9 | 3 | December 31, 2014 | 25% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 20 | 1 | February 28, 2018 | 12% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 11 | 1 | January 31, 2014 | |
| Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA | 2 | 2 | 1 | May 31, 2014 | 339% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 3 | 20 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 18 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi | 3 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorodibromomethane | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 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 FL0020541.
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.