Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0040029
AVON PARK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE, Avon Park, FL: NPDES FL0040029 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 16Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AVON PARK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE, held by Florida Department of Corrections, holds NPDES permit FL0040029, which discharges to Arbuckle Cr Class Iii Fresh Wbid 1761b. EPA’s file records it issued May 10, 2017 and expiring June 27, 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 | AVON PARK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Florida Department of Corrections |
| NPDES ID | FL0040029 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 10, 2017 |
| Expiration date | June 27, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Avon Park, FL 33825 |
| Receiving water | Arbuckle Cr Class III Fresh WBID 1761B |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper Arbuckle Creek (HUC 030901011603) |
| 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
- 26Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 26With a violation of any kind
- 16With 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] | 6 | 73 | 55 | April 30, 2026 | 417% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 114 | 53 | May 31, 2026 | 1,463% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 62 | 38 | June 30, 2020 | 68% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 78 | 34 | July 31, 2020 | 6,900% over the limit |
| Ammonia, unionized | 2 | 40 | 28 | July 31, 2020 | 3,200% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 70 | 21 | February 28, 2026 | 100% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 82 | 18 | April 30, 2026 | 260% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 28 | 13 | April 30, 2016 | 2,971% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 54 | 11 | June 30, 2021 | 99,999% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 21 | 8 | June 30, 2008 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 19 | 4 | October 31, 2008 | 99,999% over the limit |
| % of fecal coliform samples < detectable | 1 | 10 | 4 | November 30, 2017 | 99,999% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 3 | 52 | 3 | October 31, 2016 | 100% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 36 | 2 | September 30, 2011 | 100% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 11 | 2 | November 30, 2007 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 21 | 1 | August 31, 2011 | 7% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 54 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 0 | 2 | 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 FL0040029.
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.