Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0021512
PANAMA CITY BEACH WWTP #1, Panama City, FL: NPDES FL0021512 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PANAMA CITY BEACH WWTP #1, held by City of Panama City Beach, holds NPDES permit FL0021512, which discharges to Receiving Wetland Wbid 1048. EPA’s file records it issued December 5, 2013 and expiring December 4, 2018. 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 | PANAMA CITY BEACH WWTP #1 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Panama City Beach |
| NPDES ID | FL0021512 |
| 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 | December 5, 2013 |
| Expiration date | December 4, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Panama City, FL 32413 |
| Receiving water | receiving wetland WBID 1048 |
| Subwatershed | Eastern Lake-Phillips Inlet Frontal (HUC 031401011004) |
| 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
- 39Pollutants on file
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 38With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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] | 9 | 62 | 51 | December 31, 2020 | 2,250% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 60 | 44 | July 31, 2022 | |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 23 | 19 | July 31, 2026 | 73% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 9 | 23 | 15 | January 31, 2021 | 40% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 7 | 20 | 12 | July 31, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 5 | January 31, 2011 | 59% over the limit |
| Ultraviolet light dosage | 0 | 5 | 4 | July 31, 2008 | 84% over the limit |
| Dichlorobromomethane | 0 | 3 | 3 | July 31, 2026 | 8% over the limit |
| Ammonia, unionized | 2 | 10 | 2 | September 30, 2012 | 400% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 3 | 5 | 2 | September 30, 2014 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2024 | 282% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 3 | 1 | July 31, 2026 | 20% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 9 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Woody vegetation, presence | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Fish, presence | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Threatened & endangered species, presence | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chlorophyll A | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Herbaceous vegetation, presence | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Water level at sample collection time | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Stream stage | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Salinity | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light intensity | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light transmittance | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as NH4] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 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 FL0021512.
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.