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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0117897

SAWGRASS WWTF, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL: NPDES FL0117897 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SAWGRASS WWTF, held by Saint Johns County Utility Department, holds NPDES permit FL0117897, which discharges to Intracoastal Wtwy, Class Iii Marine, Wbid 2363 I1. EPA’s file records it issued June 21, 2013 and expiring September 17, 2018. 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 filedSAWGRASS WWTF
Permittee as filedSaint Johns County Utility Department
NPDES IDFL0117897
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 21, 2013
Expiration dateSeptember 17, 2018
Issuing agencyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection
AddressPonte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
Receiving waterIntracoastal Wtwy, Class III Marine, WBID 2363 I1
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLower Tolomato River (HUC 030802010602)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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

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
Nitrogen, total [as N]119972May 31, 2022488% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general41412August 31, 200899,999% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable11312December 31, 2021224% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]8335June 30, 2020500% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]11293May 31, 20215% over the limit
Solids, total suspended583February 28, 2021230% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual253December 31, 201199,900% over the limit
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia382December 31, 202068% over the limit
% of fecal coliform samples < detectable032October 31, 201299% over the limit
pH5461August 31, 2006
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales371June 30, 202069% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal031December 31, 2003560% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]011December 31, 2020670% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4260
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]4260
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]4260
Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate4260
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]4220
Specific conductance3210
Salinity3210
Chlorophyll A3210
Tidal stage0210
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia3130
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi3130
Temperature, water deg. centigrade090
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant560
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]050
Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity110
Duration of discharge110
Solids, suspended percent removal010
Tide stage300

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
March 25, 2022WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
October 22, 2020WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
May 26, 2020WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
December 31, 2019WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
December 12, 2019WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
August 6, 2019WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6
May 4, 2019WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building BackupST6

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 the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES FL0117897 for the SAWGRASS WWTF in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, held by Saint Johns County Utility Department, with a status of administratively continued and a discharger class of 24 minor. The page lists 13 pollutants under a numeric limit and 13 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.