Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0002232
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Counce, TN: NPDES TN0002232 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA, held by Packaging Corporation of America, holds NPDES permit TN0002232, which discharges to Tennessee Western Valley-Beech. EPA’s file records it issued May 20, 2021 and expiring May 31, 2023. 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 | PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Packaging Corporation of America |
| NPDES ID | TN0002232 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 20, 2021 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Counce, TN 38326 |
| Receiving water | Tennessee Western Valley-Beech |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Tennessee River-Mud Creek (HUC 060400010504) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 2 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 11 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 11 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 11 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 10 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hydrogen peroxide | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Peracetic Acid | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TN0002232.
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 TN0002232.
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 14, 2026.