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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR TN0000004703700093

TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, Nashville, TN: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, at 3500 JOHN MERRITT BOULEVARD, Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee, is an operating synthetic minor source of air pollution on EPA’s ICIS-AIR register. EPA’s file records its current violation status (ICIS-AIR’s high-priority violation field) as “No Violation Identified”. Davidson County is on EPA’s Green Book list of areas that do not meet a national air quality standard. The status and classification are as EPA’s facility file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the source’s current standing, quarter by quarter.

Identity

Facility as filedTENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
ICIS-AIR IDTN0000004703700093
EPA facility registry ID110010297188
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationSynthetic minor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)No Violation Identified
Address3500 JOHN MERRITT BOULEVARD, Nashville, TN 37209
CountyDavidson County
In a nonattainment countyYes (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)Educational services (NAICS 6113)
SIC code8221
EPA region04

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR facility file (ECHO download).

Programs and pollutants

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-AIR download does not include its program, pollutant and Title V certification files, so this page does not list the Clean Air Act programs TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY is under or the pollutants it is permitted for. The programs each evaluation and violation below was recorded under are shown with it. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report lists both.

Compliance evaluations

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
June 18, 2026FCE On-SiteStateFederally-Enforceable State Operating Permit - Non Title V; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards (Non-Major); State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
August 20, 2025FCE On-SiteStateFederally-Enforceable State Operating Permit - Non Title V; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards (Non-Major); State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
June 25, 2024FCE On-SiteStateFederally-Enforceable State Operating Permit - Non Title V; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards (Non-Major); State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
August 15, 2023FCE On-SiteStateFederally-Enforceable State Operating Permit - Non Title V; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards (Non-Major); State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
August 3, 2022FCE On-SiteStateFederally-Enforceable State Operating Permit - Non Title V; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards (Non-Major); State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
August 19, 2021FCE On-SiteStateFederally-Enforceable State Operating Permit - Non Title V; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards (Non-Major); State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
August 5, 2020FCE On-SiteStateFederally-Enforceable State Operating Permit - Non Title V; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards (Non-Major); State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
April 3, 2019FCE On-SiteStateFederally-Enforceable State Operating Permit - Non Title V; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards (Non-Major); State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
March 7, 2018FCE On-SiteStateFederally-Enforceable State Operating Permit - Non Title V; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
April 19, 2017FCE On-SiteStateFederally-Enforceable State Operating Permit - Non Title V; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards

Violations

A high-priority violation (HPV) is the most serious class of Clean Air Act non-compliance an agency records; a federally reportable violation (FRV) is the next step down. Each row is one determination as EPA’s violation history files it.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
August 15, 2023Earliest FRV determinationStateFederally-Enforceable State Operating Permit - Non Title V; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
April 28, 2023Earliest FRV determinationStateFederally-Enforceable State Operating Permit - Non Title V; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
February 6, 2018Earliest FRV determinationStateFederally-Enforceable State Operating Permit - Non Title V; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
March 29, 2017Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards

Enforcement and penalties

1 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 1 of them with a penalty filed above zero. Each penalty is shown as EPA’s formal action file states it; “Not stated” means the file gives no figure, and $0 is a disclosed zero.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPenalty, as filed
November 15, 2017Administrative OrderState$2,250

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 28, 2023Notice of ViolationState
May 12, 2023Notice of ViolationState
March 14, 2018Notice of ViolationState
May 22, 2017Notice of ViolationState

Stack tests

EPA’s stack test file holds no test at ICIS-AIR TN0000004703700093 since January 1, 2017.

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR evaluation, violation, stack test and enforcement files (ECHO download), events dated January 1, 2017 or later as loaded; up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-AIR download, loaded September 14, 2026.