Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0004227
ELMWOOD MINE, Elmwood, TN: NPDES TN0004227 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ELMWOOD MINE, held by Nyrstar Tennessee Mines - Gordonsville, LLC, holds NPDES permit TN0004227, which discharges to Caney Fork. EPA’s file records it issued June 14, 2018 and expiring July 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 | ELMWOOD MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Nyrstar Tennessee Mines - Gordonsville, LLC |
| NPDES ID | TN0004227 |
| 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 | June 14, 2018 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Elmwood, TN 38560 |
| Receiving water | Caney Fork |
| Subwatershed | Caney Fork River Outlet (HUC 051301080908) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 47 | 35 | December 31, 2025 | 436% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 43 | 33 | October 31, 2025 | 703% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 15 | 3 | June 30, 2011 | 154% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 14 | 2 | December 31, 2008 | 203% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 0 | 2 | 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 TN0004227.
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.