Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0030406
TARPON SPRINGS CITY OF, Tarpon Springs, FL: NPDES FL0030406 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TARPON SPRINGS CITY OF, held by City of Tarpon Springs, holds NPDES permit FL0030406, which discharges to Anclote R Class Iii Marine Wbid 1440. EPA’s file records it issued June 16, 2020 and expiring June 15, 2025. 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 | TARPON SPRINGS CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Tarpon Springs |
| NPDES ID | FL0030406 |
| 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 | June 16, 2020 |
| Expiration date | June 15, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Tarpon Springs, FL 34689 |
| Receiving water | Anclote R Class III Marine WBID 1440 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Anclote River-Curlew Creek Frontal (HUC 031002070503) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 13With 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] | 3 | 28 | 20 | December 31, 2016 | 389% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 11 | 7 | August 31, 2023 | 16,700% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 18 | 6 | October 31, 2024 | 114% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 4 | October 31, 2012 | 197% over the limit |
| Chlorodibromomethane | 1 | 5 | 4 | March 31, 2020 | 15% over the limit |
| Dichlorobromomethane | 1 | 8 | 3 | March 31, 2020 | 36% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 5 | 3 | August 31, 2015 | 38% over the limit |
| % of fecal coliform samples < detectable | 1 | 5 | 3 | January 31, 2020 | 11% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 6 | 2 | April 30, 2008 | |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 11 | 1 | October 31, 2024 | 61% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 9 | 1 | June 30, 2006 | 7% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 3 | 1 | September 30, 2015 | 76% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 2 | 1 | February 28, 2006 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Atrazine | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA | 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 FL0030406.
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 September 15, 2026.