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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0036498

SEMINOLE ELECTRIC COOP WWTF, Palatka, FL: NPDES FL0036498 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SEMINOLE ELECTRIC COOP WWTF, held by Seminole Electric, holds NPDES permit FL0036498, which discharges to St Johns R Class Iii Fresh Wbid 2213l. EPA’s file records it issued August 17, 2018 and expiring August 16, 2023. 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 filedSEMINOLE ELECTRIC COOP WWTF
Permittee as filedSeminole Electric
NPDES IDFL0036498
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 17, 2018
Expiration dateAugust 16, 2023
Issuing agencyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection
AddressPalatka, FL 32177
Receiving waterSt Johns R Class III Fresh WBID 2213L
SubwatershedMason Branch (HUC 030801030704)
NAICS221111 – Hydroelectric Power Generation
SIC4911 – Electric Services
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler FLD000772194; ICIS-AIR source FL0000001210700025

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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Oil & Grease132121July 31, 2026940% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general01513March 31, 20182,400% over the limit
Solids, total suspended221010March 31, 2024337% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual101010July 31, 2025882% over the limit
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)0159September 30, 200699,999% over the limit
Mercury, total recoverable4178July 31, 2026224% over the limit
Cyanide, total recoverable055September 30, 2006206% over the limit
Turbidity933January 31, 2019
Selenium, total recoverable4192September 30, 200620% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]11112June 30, 2022228% over the limit
Ammonia, unionized382June 30, 2001400% over the limit
Silver total recoverable262March 31, 20041,186% over the limit
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]171September 30, 2002108% over the limit
Cadmium, total recoverable341September 30, 20212,147,483,650% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2511February 28, 20036% over the limit
E. coli611March 31, 202359% over the limit
pH311November 30, 2000
Cyanide, total [as CN]4170
Zinc, total recoverable7150
Nickel, total recoverable6120
Specific conductance1190
Iron, total recoverable390
Copper, total recoverable290
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]360
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]260
LC50 Static 96Hr Acute D. Magna060
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Menidia060
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas060
Nitrogen, total [as N]930
Lead, total recoverable630
Arsenic, total recoverable330
Phosphorus, total [as P]130
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]130
Chromium, total recoverable030
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit1200
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C800
Chromium, trivalent total recoverable600
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia600
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi600
Oxidants, total residual200
Total residual ooxidant-discharge time100
Temp. diff. between intake and discharge100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES FL0036498.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES FL0036498 for the SEMINOLE ELECTRIC COOP WWTF in Palatka, FL, held by Seminole Electric and discharging to St Johns R Class III Fresh (WBID 2213L). The permit is administratively continued, classed as a Major Discharger, and lists 35 pollutants under a numeric limit and 17 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.