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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FLA139149

SOUTH FLORIDA DAIRIES, LLC., Okeechobee, FL: NPDES FLA139149 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SOUTH FLORIDA DAIRIES, LLC., held by McArthur Farms, Inc., holds NPDES permit FLA139149, which discharges to Otter Creek Wbid 3205d Class Iii Fresh. EPA’s file records it issued February 15, 2017 and expiring February 16, 2022. 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 filedSOUTH FLORIDA DAIRIES, LLC.
Permittee as filedMcArthur Farms, Inc.
NPDES IDFLA139149
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
ProgramConcentrated animal feeding operations
IssuedFebruary 15, 2017
Expiration dateFebruary 16, 2022
Issuing agencyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection
AddressOkeechobee, FL 34972
Receiving waterOtter Creek WBID 3205D Class III Fresh
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedUpper Taylor Creek (HUC 030901020100)

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
pH210
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit100
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C100
Solids, total suspended100
Nitrogen, total [as N]100
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]100
Phosphorus, total [as P]100
Coliform, fecal general100
Duration of discharge100
Flow, total100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES FLA139149.

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
June 11, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 11, 2019Monitoring Violations - No Flow Measurement DeviceST6
June 11, 2019WW CAFO - Reporting Violations - No Annual Report or Other Required Report SubmittedST6

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 FLA139149 for SOUTH FLORIDA DAIRIES, LLC. in Okeechobee, FL, a Minor Discharger class facility under a concentrated animal feeding operations program that is administratively continued past its February 16, 2022 expiration. The page lists 12 as the class figure, 0 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit discharges to Otter Creek, WBID 3205D, in the Upper Taylor Creek subwatershed (HUC 03090102).