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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0043869

TAMPA ELECTRIC POLK POWER STATION, Mulberry, FL: NPDES FL0043869 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TAMPA ELECTRIC POLK POWER STATION, held by TAMPA ELEC-POLK POWER STATION, holds NPDES permit FL0043869, which discharges to Little Payne Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 31, 2009 and expiring March 30, 2014. 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 filedTAMPA ELECTRIC POLK POWER STATION
Permittee as filedTAMPA ELEC-POLK POWER STATION
NPDES IDFL0043869
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 31, 2009
Expiration dateMarch 30, 2014
AddressMulberry, FL 33860
Receiving waterLITTLE PAYNE CREEK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLittle Payne Creek (HUC 031001010402)
NAICS221111 – Hydroelectric Power Generation
SIC4911 – Electric Services
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler FL0000336057; ICIS-AIR source FL0000001210500233

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
pH145844September 30, 2025
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia31717April 30, 202690% over the limit
Solids, total suspended142713December 31, 20131,003% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]10148November 30, 2024400% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant12217October 31, 202451% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]286May 31, 202242% over the limit
Iron, total recoverable895April 30, 2019400% over the limit
Alpha, gross particle activity475April 30, 201031% over the limit
Specific conductance4104June 30, 20264% over the limit
Oil & Grease16153January 31, 201952% over the limit
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia243December 31, 201099,999% over the limit
Selenium, total recoverable1233June 30, 200740% over the limit
Temp. diff. between samp. & upstrm deg. F222October 31, 202449% over the limit
Length of longest pH excursion222September 30, 2011750% over the limit
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]661December 31, 202515% over the limit
Silver total recoverable451June 30, 2026483% over the limit
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales311February 28, 20159% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit12190
Copper, total recoverable1280
Nickel, total recoverable880
Zinc, total recoverable880
Cadmium, total recoverable880
Lead, total recoverable880
Nitrogen, total [as N]440
Ammonia, unionized440
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]440
Phosphorus, total [as P]440
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]440
Sulfate, total [as SO4]440
Arsenic, total recoverable440
Thallium, total recoverable440
Antimony, total recoverable440
Chlorine, total residual440
Temperature, water deg. centigrade420
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]420
Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales210
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia010
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi010
Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N]400
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]400

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 FL0043869.

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES FL0043869 for TAMPA ELECTRIC POLK POWER STATION in Mulberry, FL, which discharges to Little Payne Creek within subwatershed HUC 031001010402. The page lists 38 as the facility's Major Discharger class, 17 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 17 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and shows the permit as administratively continued.