Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0004499
KINGSPORT WATER DEPARTMENT, Kingsport, TN: NPDES TN0004499 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KINGSPORT WATER DEPARTMENT, held by Kingsport WTP, holds NPDES permit TN0004499, which discharges to Holston-South Fork (D/S Of Watauga). EPA’s file records it issued October 28, 2025 and expiring August 31, 2030. 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 | KINGSPORT WATER DEPARTMENT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Kingsport WTP |
| NPDES ID | TN0004499 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 28, 2025 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2030 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Kingsport, TN 37664 |
| Receiving water | Holston-South Fork (D/S Of Watauga) |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Kendrick Creek-South Fork Holston River (HUC 060101020704) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 1 | 1 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TN0004499.
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 TN0004499.
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.