Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0026646
JOHN R KELLY GENERATING STATION, Gainesville, FL: NPDES FL0026646 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
JOHN R KELLY GENERATING STATION, held by Gainesville Regional Utilities, holds NPDES permit FL0026646, which discharges to Sweetwater Branch Class Iii Fresh Wbid 2711. EPA’s file records it issued July 10, 2017 and expiring July 9, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | JOHN R KELLY GENERATING STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Gainesville Regional Utilities |
| NPDES ID | FL0026646 |
| 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 | July 10, 2017 |
| Expiration date | July 9, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Gainesville, FL 32601 |
| Receiving water | Sweetwater Branch Class III Fresh WBID 2711 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Paynes Prairie (HUC 030801021105) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler FLD000735753; ICIS-AIR source FL0000001200100005 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 29Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 24With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 | 3 | 47 | 15 | May 31, 2025 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 4 | 4 | December 31, 2025 | 98% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 3 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2021 | 12% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 3 | 28 | 2 | August 31, 2007 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Iron, total recoverable | 1 | 11 | 1 | October 31, 2006 | 20% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 34 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual [dsg. time] | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Water treatment additives | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Tolytriazole | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia, unionized | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as PO4] | 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 FL0026646.
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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