Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0028061
SOUTH COUNTY REGIONAL AWWTP, Ruskin, FL: NPDES FL0028061 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 14Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SOUTH COUNTY REGIONAL AWWTP, held by Hillsborough County Public Utilities Department, holds NPDES permit FL0028061, which discharges to Hillsborough Bay Class Iii Marine Wbid 1691. EPA’s file records it issued July 11, 2019 and expiring July 10, 2024. 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 | SOUTH COUNTY REGIONAL AWWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Hillsborough County Public Utilities Department |
| NPDES ID | FL0028061 |
| 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 | July 11, 2019 |
| Expiration date | July 10, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Ruskin, FL 33570 |
| Receiving water | Hillsborough Bay Class III Marine WBID 1691 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Cypress Creek-Little Manatee River (HUC 031002030202) |
| 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
- 25Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 14With 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] | 10 | 38 | 28 | August 31, 2024 | 97% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 19 | 16 | January 31, 2023 | 98% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 16 | 7 | August 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| % of fecal coliform samples < detectable | 1 | 11 | 4 | July 31, 2022 | 38% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 14 | 3 | August 31, 2024 | 44% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 9 | 14 | 3 | February 28, 2010 | 79% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 9 | 3 | March 31, 2009 | 24,900% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 8 | 2 | October 31, 2008 | |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 2 | December 31, 2004 | 17% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 2 | April 30, 2007 | 15,210% over the limit |
| Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA | 2 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2021 | 777% over the limit |
| Ultraviolet light dosage | 1 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2020 | 85% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 10 | 1 | December 31, 2002 | 66% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 9 | 1 | January 31, 2011 | 15% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 3 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 22 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light intensity | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light transmittance | 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 FL0028061.
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.