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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0021938

ST AUGUSTINE WWTF NO 1, Saint Augustine, FL: NPDES FL0021938 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ST AUGUSTINE WWTF NO 1, held by City of St. Augustine, holds NPDES permit FL0021938, which discharges to Matanzas R Wbid 2363g1 Class Iii Marine. EPA’s file records it issued September 16, 2019 and expiring September 15, 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 filedST AUGUSTINE WWTF NO 1
Permittee as filedCity of St. Augustine
NPDES IDFL0021938
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 16, 2019
Expiration dateSeptember 15, 2024
Issuing agencyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection
AddressSaint Augustine, FL 32084
Receiving waterMatanzas R WBID 2363G1 Class III Marine
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
Program components on fileBiosolids, POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler FLR000087742

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA43737October 31, 2024823% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general32718August 31, 2021544% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual01411May 31, 200721,900% over the limit
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)366May 31, 2020100% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]7145July 31, 200639% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]155December 31, 20253,300% over the limit
Iron, total recoverable133October 31, 201740% over the limit
Peracetic Acid222February 28, 201770% over the limit
Phenolic compounds, total022June 30, 2005311% over the limit
pH571December 31, 2016
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]531September 30, 2004100% over the limit
Mercury, total recoverable121March 31, 20111,508% over the limit
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)021July 31, 200699,999% over the limit
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia311May 31, 2020100% over the limit
Fluoride, total [as F]111December 31, 2024300% over the limit
Aluminum, total recoverable111March 31, 201027% over the limit
Solids, total suspended9120
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]9120
Phosphorus, total [as P]1070
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant360
Tide stage330
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal130
Solids, suspended percent removal130
Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity120
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]410
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]410
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]410
Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate410
Herbaceous vegetation, presence110
Nitrogen, total [as N]1100
Chlorophyll A600
Specific conductance400
Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation400
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]400
Salinity400
Chloride [as Cl]400
Temperature, water deg. centigrade300
Color [PT-CO units]300
Sulfate, dissolved [as SO4]100
Thallium, total recoverable100
Lead, total recoverable100
Solids, total dissolved100
Alpha, gross particle activity100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES FL0021938.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit FL0021938 held by City of St. Augustine for ST AUGUSTINE WWTF NO 1 in Saint Augustine, FL, which discharges to the Matanzas R (WBID 2363G1, Class III Marine). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 40 pollutants under a numeric limit and 16 with an effluent exceedance, and it was issued September 16, 2019 and expired September 15, 2024.