Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0040177
MOSAIC FERTILIZER, LLC - HARDEE SOUTH PASTURE MINE, Wauchula, FL: NPDES FL0040177 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MOSAIC FERTILIZER, LLC - HARDEE SOUTH PASTURE MINE, held by Mosaic Fertilizer - Bartow, holds NPDES permit FL0040177, which discharges to Peace R Class Iii Fresh. EPA’s file records it issued April 23, 2015 and expiring April 22, 2020. 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 | MOSAIC FERTILIZER, LLC - HARDEE SOUTH PASTURE MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Mosaic Fertilizer - Bartow |
| NPDES ID | FL0040177 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 23, 2015 |
| Expiration date | April 22, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Wauchula, FL 33873 |
| Receiving water | Peace R Class III Fresh |
| Subwatershed | Lower Payne Creek (HUC 031001010403) |
| NAICS | 212390 – Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying |
| SIC | 1475 – Phosphate Rock |
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
- 27Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 7 | 13 | 12 | September 30, 2025 | 39,900% over the limit |
| Specific conductance | 16 | 11 | 4 | February 29, 2004 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, fixed suspended | 10 | 5 | 3 | May 31, 2016 | 44% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 5 | 2 | 1 | October 31, 2005 | 800% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 2 | 1 | July 31, 2005 | 2% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 1 | 1 | February 29, 2004 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 24 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 43 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 38 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chlorophyll A | 21 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 14 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Radium 226 + radium 228, total | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alpha, gross particle activity | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Streamflow | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi | 3 | 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 FL0040177.
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.