Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0001562
FPL TURKEY POINT PLANT, Homestead, FL: NPDES FL0001562 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FPL TURKEY POINT PLANT, held by Florida Power & Light - Turkey Point, holds NPDES permit FL0001562, which discharges to Biscayne Bay. EPA’s file records it issued May 6, 2005 and expiring May 5, 2010. 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 | FPL TURKEY POINT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Florida Power & Light - Turkey Point |
| NPDES ID | FL0001562 |
| 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 | May 6, 2005 |
| Expiration date | May 5, 2010 |
| Issuing agency | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| Address | Homestead, FL 33035 |
| Receiving water | BISCAYNE BAY |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | South Biscayne Bay (HUC 030902061700) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 2With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Salinity | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES FL0001562.
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 FL0001562.
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.