Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES FL0043869
TAMPA ELECTRIC POLK POWER STATION, Mulberry, FL: NPDES FL0043869 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 38Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 17Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TAMPA ELECTRIC POLK POWER STATION, held by TAMPA ELEC-POLK POWER STATION, holds NPDES permit FL0043869, which discharges to Little Payne Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 31, 2009 and expiring March 30, 2014. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | TAMPA ELECTRIC POLK POWER STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TAMPA ELEC-POLK POWER STATION |
| NPDES ID | FL0043869 |
| 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 | March 31, 2009 |
| Expiration date | March 30, 2014 |
| Address | Mulberry, FL 33860 |
| Receiving water | LITTLE PAYNE CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little Payne Creek (HUC 031001010402) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 40Pollutants on file
- 38Under a numeric limit
- 38With a violation of any kind
- 17With 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 | 14 | 58 | 44 | September 30, 2025 | |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 17 | 17 | April 30, 2026 | 90% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 14 | 27 | 13 | December 31, 2013 | 1,003% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 10 | 14 | 8 | November 30, 2024 | 400% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 12 | 21 | 7 | October 31, 2024 | 51% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 8 | 6 | May 31, 2022 | 42% over the limit |
| Iron, total recoverable | 8 | 9 | 5 | April 30, 2019 | 400% over the limit |
| Alpha, gross particle activity | 4 | 7 | 5 | April 30, 2010 | 31% over the limit |
| Specific conductance | 4 | 10 | 4 | June 30, 2026 | 4% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 16 | 15 | 3 | January 31, 2019 | 52% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 3 | December 31, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Selenium, total recoverable | 12 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2007 | 40% over the limit |
| Temp. diff. between samp. & upstrm deg. F | 2 | 2 | 2 | October 31, 2024 | 49% over the limit |
| Length of longest pH excursion | 2 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2011 | 750% over the limit |
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 6 | 6 | 1 | December 31, 2025 | 15% over the limit |
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 5 | 1 | June 30, 2026 | 483% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 3 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2015 | 9% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 12 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 12 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia, unionized | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Cyprinella leedsi | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 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 FL0043869.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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 14, 2026.