Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0005045
TELLICO TROUT HATCHERY, Tellico Plains, TN: NPDES TN0005045 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TELLICO TROUT HATCHERY, held by Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency (TWRA), holds NPDES permit TN0005045, which discharges to Little Tennessee. EPA’s file records it issued April 18, 2018 and expiring February 28, 2023. 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 | TELLICO TROUT HATCHERY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency (TWRA) |
| NPDES ID | TN0005045 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 18, 2018 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Tellico Plains, TN 37385 |
| Receiving water | Little Tennessee |
| Subwatershed | Tellico River Headwaters (HUC 060102040303) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 9With 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.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 4 | 60 | 36 | September 30, 2025 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 7 | 7 | March 31, 2020 | 17% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 34 | 3 | January 31, 2019 | 29% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 15 | 2 | September 30, 2015 | 143% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 14 | 1 | April 30, 2014 | 40% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 12 | 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 TN0005045.
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 15, 2026.