Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0024007
ECUA - PENSACOLA BEACH WRF, Pensacola Beach, FL: NPDES FL0024007 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ECUA - PENSACOLA BEACH WRF, held by Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, holds NPDES permit FL0024007, which discharges to Santa Rosa Sound Class Iii Marine Wbid 915. EPA’s file records it issued April 20, 2015 and expiring April 19, 2020. 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 | ECUA - PENSACOLA BEACH WRF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Emerald Coast Utilities Authority |
| NPDES ID | FL0024007 |
| 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 | April 20, 2015 |
| Expiration date | April 19, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Pensacola Beach, FL 32561 |
| Receiving water | Santa Rosa Sound Class III Marine WBID 915 |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| 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
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 18With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 8 | 27 | 11 | August 31, 2015 | 80% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 18 | 10 | February 28, 2025 | 93% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 3 | 24 | 8 | July 31, 2009 | 423% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 10 | 8 | November 30, 2006 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 13 | 7 | June 30, 2013 | 87% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2023 | 119% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 9 | 2 | December 31, 2022 | 44% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 5 | 2 | December 31, 2008 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 4 | 2 | April 30, 2011 | |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 2 | August 31, 2024 | 51% over the limit |
| Ultraviolet light dosage | 0 | 5 | 1 | August 31, 2005 | 23% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 4 | 1 | October 31, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light transmittance | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Transparency, secchi disc | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Salinity | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorophyll A | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 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 FL0024007.
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.