Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0040061
PALATKA WWTF, Palatka, FL: NPDES FL0040061 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PALATKA WWTF, held by City of Palatka WWTF, holds NPDES permit FL0040061, which discharges to St Johns R Class Iii Fresh Wbid 2213m. EPA’s file records it issued June 9, 2020 and expiring June 8, 2025. 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 | PALATKA WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Palatka WWTF |
| NPDES ID | FL0040061 |
| 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 9, 2020 |
| Expiration date | June 8, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Palatka, FL 32177 |
| Receiving water | St Johns R Class III Fresh WBID 2213M |
| Subwatershed | Murphy Creek (HUC 030801030404) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler FLR000036707 |
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
- 32Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 27With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver total recoverable | 1 | 16 | 13 | December 31, 2022 | 700% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 10 | 7 | December 31, 2023 | 398% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 10 | 8 | 4 | December 31, 2023 | 42% over the limit |
| Ammonia, unionized | 0 | 5 | 4 | March 31, 2014 | 226% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 1 | 4 | 3 | June 30, 2016 | 67% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 3 | 2 | February 28, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia, tot unionized [as N] | 0 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2018 | 660% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 9 | 7 | 1 | April 30, 2014 | 32% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 3 | 1 | February 28, 2006 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 10 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 9 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorophyll A | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 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 FL0040061.
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.