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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FLR05A496

SOUTHWEST FL INTL AIRPORT, Fort Myers, FL: NPDES FLR05A496 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SOUTHWEST FL INTL AIRPORT, held by Lee County Port Authority, holds NPDES permit FLR05A496, which discharges to Six Mile Cypress Slough. EPA’s file records it issued February 28, 2021 and expiring February 27, 2026. 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.

What the register holds for SOUTHWEST FL INTL AIRPORT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Fort Myers, Florida, its receiving water, and 4 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES FLR05A496.

Identity

Facility as filedSOUTHWEST FL INTL AIRPORT
Permittee as filedLee County Port Authority
NPDES IDFLR05A496
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedFebruary 28, 2021
Expiration dateFebruary 27, 2026
Issuing agencyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection
AddressFort Myers, FL 33913
Receiving waterSIX MILE CYPRESS SLOUGH
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedTenmile Canal (HUC 030902040101)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler FLD984227587

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
pH600
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]300
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]300
Biochemical oxygen demand-5300

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES FLR05A496.

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 FLR05A496.

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 FLR05A496, held by Lee County Port Authority for SOUTHWEST FL INTL AIRPORT in Fort Myers, Florida, which discharges to Six Mile Cypress Slough. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a minor discharger class of 4, zero pollutants under a numeric limit, and zero pollutants with an effluent exceedance. EPA's file records issuance on February 28, 2021 and expiration on February 27, 2026.