Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0026298
LARSEN MEMORIAL POWER PLANT, Lakeland, FL: NPDES FL0026298 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LARSEN MEMORIAL POWER PLANT, held by Lakeland Electric And Water Utilities, holds NPDES permit FL0026298, which discharges to Lake Parker Class Iii Fresh Wbid 1497b. EPA’s file records it issued August 15, 2016 and expiring October 20, 2021. 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 | LARSEN MEMORIAL POWER PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Lakeland Electric And Water Utilities |
| NPDES ID | FL0026298 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 15, 2016 |
| Expiration date | October 20, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Lakeland, FL 33801 |
| Receiving water | Lake Parker Class III Fresh WBID 1497B |
| Subwatershed | Lake Parker (HUC 031001010101) |
| NAICS | 221111 – Hydroelectric Power Generation |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
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
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 8 | 15 | 15 | June 30, 2020 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| pH | 3 | 15 | 9 | December 31, 2025 | |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 6 | 2 | June 30, 2024 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia, unionized | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as PO4] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temp. diff. between intake and discharge | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 2 | 0 | 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 FL0026298.
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.