Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0000183
DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA - SUWANNEE RIVER POWER PLANT, Live Oak, FL: NPDES FL0000183 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA - SUWANNEE RIVER POWER PLANT, held by Duke Energy Florida, LLC, holds NPDES permit FL0000183, which discharges to Suwannee R Class Iii Wbid 3422b. EPA’s file records it issued October 6, 2016 and expiring November 27, 2021. 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 filed | DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA - SUWANNEE RIVER POWER PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Duke Energy Florida, LLC |
| NPDES ID | FL0000183 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 6, 2016 |
| Expiration date | November 27, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Live Oak, FL 32060 |
| Receiving water | Suwannee R Class III WBID 3422B |
| Subwatershed | Dempsey Lake (HUC 031102050101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 5With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron, total recoverable | 8 | 18 | 12 | May 31, 2014 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 4 | 4 | June 30, 2014 | 68% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 4 | 4 | March 31, 2015 | |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 3 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2014 | 41% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 10 | 10 | 1 | December 31, 2007 | 91% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Temp. diff. between intake and discharge | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia, unionized | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as PO4] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES FL0000183.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.