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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0040436

SOUTH CROSS BAYOU WRF, Saint Petersburg, FL: NPDES FL0040436 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SOUTH CROSS BAYOU WRF, held by Pinellas County Utilities, holds NPDES permit FL0040436, which discharges to Cross Bayou Long Bayou Class Iii Marine. EPA’s file records it issued November 15, 2017 and expiring November 14, 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 filedSOUTH CROSS BAYOU WRF
Permittee as filedPinellas County Utilities
NPDES IDFL0040436
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 15, 2017
Expiration dateNovember 14, 2022
Issuing agencyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection
AddressSaint Petersburg, FL 33709
Receiving waterCross Bayou Long Bayou Class III Marine
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLake Seminole (HUC 031002070505)
Program components on fileBiosolids, POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler FLT030071641

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
Chlorine, total residual34746July 31, 202612,900% over the limit
Dichlorobromomethane44444July 31, 2026105% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]44238January 31, 202587% over the limit
Chlorodibromomethane33634July 31, 2026135% over the limit
Solids, total suspended62621October 31, 20252,240% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]42016December 31, 2012160% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]51915February 28, 2023252% over the limit
% of fecal coliform samples < detectable31413October 31, 202456% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general31211August 31, 2024700% over the limit
pH2119May 31, 2018
Copper, total recoverable099June 30, 2009108,008% over the limit
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)4148September 30, 201698% over the limit
Ultraviolet light dosage288June 30, 2016100% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]155February 29, 202055% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant474March 31, 201311% over the limit
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia482December 31, 202337% over the limit
Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA922September 30, 20201,762% over the limit
Ultraviolet light transmittance222August 31, 201528% over the limit
Oil & Grease022August 31, 2011230% over the limit
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia060
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi060
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)060
Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Menidia060
Cyanide, total [as CN]010
Phenolic compounds, total010
Flow rate200
Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity200
Ultraviolet light intensity200
Turbidity100

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

The newest 50 of 229.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 2, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 3, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 16, 2026WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
June 22, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 30, 2026WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
May 26, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 5, 2026WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
March 23, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 14, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
November 16, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 6, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 3, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 26, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 17, 2025WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
August 23, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 31, 2025WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
July 13, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 12, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 10, 2025WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
April 27, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
April 16, 2025WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
April 13, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
March 21, 2025WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
March 20, 2025WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
March 7, 2025WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
February 21, 2025WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
February 12, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 11, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 28, 2025WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
January 27, 2025WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
January 23, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 9, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
November 16, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
November 13, 2024WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
November 5, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
November 3, 2024WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
October 28, 2024WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
October 25, 2024WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
October 21, 2024WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
October 17, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 16, 2024WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
October 15, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 14, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 12, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 12, 2024WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
October 11, 2024WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
October 11, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 10, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 10, 2024WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
October 3, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6

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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