Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0002844
KORDSA INC. (INVISTA S.À.R.L. - CHATTANOOGA), Chattanooga, TN: NPDES TN0002844 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 71Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KORDSA INC. (INVISTA S.À.R.L. - CHATTANOOGA), held by Kordsa, Inc., holds NPDES permit TN0002844, which discharges to Tennessee River (Chattanooga Area - Nickajack). EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2019 and expiring May 31, 2024. 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 | KORDSA INC. (INVISTA S.À.R.L. - CHATTANOOGA) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Kordsa, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | TN0002844 |
| 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 |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | June 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Chattanooga, TN 37415 |
| Receiving water | Tennessee River (Chattanooga Area - Nickajack) |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | North Chickamauga Creek Lower (HUC 060200010502) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 71Pollutants on file
- 71Under a numeric limit
- 8With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 71 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 10 | 10 | May 31, 2017 | 184% over the limit |
| pH | 15 | 7 | 7 | January 31, 2025 | |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 6 | 5 | June 30, 2016 | 86% over the limit |
| Dimethyl phthalate | 4 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2012 | 4,003% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 2 | 1 | October 31, 2012 | 22% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 18 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Trichloroethylene | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, dissolved | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Methyl chloride [Chloromethane] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2-Nitrophenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4-Nitrophenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Di-n-butyl phthalate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vinyl chloride | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,3-Dichloropropene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,4-Benzofluoranthene | 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 TN0002844.
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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