Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0026557

PLANT CITY WRF, Plant City, FL: NPDES FL0026557 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
15Pollutants under a numeric limit
10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

PLANT CITY WRF, held by City of Plant City, holds NPDES permit FL0026557, which discharges to Lake Thonotosassa. EPA’s file records it issued November 4, 2020 and expiring January 14, 2026. 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	PLANT CITY WRF
Permittee as filed	City of Plant City
NPDES ID	FL0026557
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	November 4, 2020
Expiration date	January 14, 2026
Issuing agency	Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Address	Plant City, FL 33563
Receiving water	Lake Thonotosassa
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Itchepackesassa Creek (HUC 031002050103)
Program components on file	POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler FLT980059570

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

18Pollutants on file
15Under a numeric limit
12With a violation of any kind
10With 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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	3	38	38	June 30, 2020	25% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]	7	34	34	July 31, 2023	159% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]	6	16	16	October 31, 2022	208% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	5	9	9	December 31, 2025	1,400% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	4	4	4	October 31, 2022	365% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	9	3	3	December 31, 2016	96% over the limit
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	3	3	3	July 31, 2026	99,999% over the limit
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	31	2	January 31, 2010	99,999% over the limit
Specific conductance	1	2	2	November 30, 2007	10% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	1	1	August 31, 2007	2,400% over the limit
Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales	0	29	0
Dichlorobromomethane	0	6	0
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales	3	0	0
pH	2	0	0
Overflows	2	0	0
Duration of discharge	2	0	0
Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity	1	0	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	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 FL0026557.

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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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES FL0026557 for PLANT CITY WRF in Plant City, FL, held by City of Plant City, which discharges to Lake Thonotosassa. The page lists a permit status of Administratively continued, a Major Discharger class, 15 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 10 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.