Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0020915
GREEN COVE SPRINGS - HARBOR ROAD WWTF, Green Cove Springs, FL: NPDES FL0020915 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GREEN COVE SPRINGS - HARBOR ROAD WWTF, held by City of Green Cove Springs, holds NPDES permit FL0020915, which discharges to St Johns R Class Iii Fresh Wbid 2213i. EPA’s file records it issued February 21, 2014 and expiring February 20, 2019. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | GREEN COVE SPRINGS - HARBOR ROAD WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Green Cove Springs |
| NPDES ID | FL0020915 |
| 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 | February 21, 2014 |
| Expiration date | February 20, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Green Cove Springs, FL 32043 |
| Receiving water | St Johns R Class III Fresh WBID 2213I |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Governors Creek (HUC 030801031204) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 29Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 28With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammonia, unionized | 1 | 11 | 5 | July 31, 2019 | 850% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 3 | 2 | January 31, 2023 | 217% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 13 | 1 | September 30, 2003 | 99,999% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi | 3 | 13 | 1 | September 30, 2003 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 7 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 8 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 11 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 6 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 6 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chlorophyll A | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Salinity | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Tide stage | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, tot unionized [as N] | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 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 FL0020915.
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 September 15, 2026.