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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0042315

HASTINGS WWTF, Hastings, FL: NPDES FL0042315 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HASTINGS WWTF, held by Saint Johns County Utility Department, holds NPDES permit FL0042315, which discharges to Lower St Johns R Wbid 2213k Class Iii Fresh. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2015 and expiring November 30, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedHASTINGS WWTF
Permittee as filedSaint Johns County Utility Department
NPDES IDFL0042315
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 29, 2015
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2020
Issuing agencyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection
AddressHastings, FL 32145
Receiving waterLower St Johns R WBID 2213K Class III Fresh
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedNorth Deep Creek-St. Johns River (HUC 030801030703)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1219January 31, 200817% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]1176January 31, 2017243% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]6685March 31, 201861% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]5605October 31, 201770% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia, tot unionized [as N]1133October 31, 20171,200% over the limit
Solids, total suspended5582October 31, 2008210% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal1132October 31, 2008850% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant3371July 31, 2008683% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2231January 31, 2010900% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal1121October 31, 200820% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general3340
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia3330
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi3330
Phosphorus, total [as P]3310
pH2240
Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity1110
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]1110
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]1110
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]1110
Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate1110
Temperature, water deg. centigrade1100
Ammonia, unionized010
Mercury, total recoverable100

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 FL0042315.

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 NPDES permit FL0042315 for the HASTINGS WWTF in Hastings, FL, held by Saint Johns County Utility Department and discharging to Lower St Johns R WBID 2213K. The facts list the permit as administratively continued, with a Minor discharger class, 22 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 10 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.