Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0005410
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) - BULL RUN FOSSIL PLANT (BRF), Clinton, TN: NPDES TN0005410 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 46Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) - BULL RUN FOSSIL PLANT (BRF), held by TVA - Bull Run Fossil Plant (BRF), holds NPDES permit TN0005410, which discharges to Clinch-Lower. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2010 and expiring November 1, 2013. 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 | TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) - BULL RUN FOSSIL PLANT (BRF) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TVA - Bull Run Fossil Plant (BRF) |
| NPDES ID | TN0005410 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Federal facility |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | September 30, 2010 |
| Expiration date | November 1, 2013 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Clinton, TN 37716 |
| Receiving water | Clinch-Lower |
| Subwatershed | Clinch River-Wolf creek (HUC 060102070403) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 51Pollutants on file
- 46Under a numeric limit
- 12With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 21 | 5 | July 31, 2021 | 86% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 3 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2010 | 3,675% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 13 | 1 | March 31, 2000 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 3 | 1 | May 31, 2000 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 18 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxidants, total residual | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration of Oxidant Addition | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination duration | 1 | 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 TN0005410.
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.