Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0027278
FORT PIERCE UTILITY AUTHORITY--WWTF., Fort Pierce, FL: NPDES FL0027278 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FORT PIERCE UTILITY AUTHORITY--WWTF., held by Fort Pierce Utilities Authority, holds NPDES permit FL0027278, which discharges to Indian R, Atlantic Ocean, Class Iii Mar, Wbid5003a. EPA’s file records it issued September 14, 2017 and expiring December 10, 2022. 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 | FORT PIERCE UTILITY AUTHORITY--WWTF. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Fort Pierce Utilities Authority |
| NPDES ID | FL0027278 |
| 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 | September 14, 2017 |
| Expiration date | December 10, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Fort Pierce, FL 34948 |
| Receiving water | Indian R, Atlantic Ocean, Class III Mar, WBID5003A |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, 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
- 10Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 24 | 18 | October 31, 2017 | 300% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 19 | 5 | May 31, 2022 | 705% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 3 | 13 | 3 | February 28, 2009 | 53% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 16 | 2 | May 31, 2022 | 100% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 12 | 2 | August 31, 2008 | 17% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 8 | 2 | August 31, 2008 | |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 8 | 2 | October 31, 2008 | 45% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 1 | 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 FL0027278.
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.