Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0021237
PIGEON FORGE STP, Pigeon Forge, TN: NPDES TN0021237 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PIGEON FORGE STP, held by City of Pigeon Forge, holds NPDES permit TN0021237, which discharges to French Broad-Lower. EPA’s file records it issued October 28, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2025. 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 | PIGEON FORGE STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Pigeon Forge |
| NPDES ID | TN0021237 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 28, 2020 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Pigeon Forge, TN 37863 |
| Receiving water | French Broad-Lower |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 30 | 30 | December 31, 2023 | 430% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 17 | 17 | December 31, 2015 | 236% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 15 | 15 | September 30, 2020 | 1,829% over the limit |
| SSO, Dry Weather | 3 | 13 | 13 | May 31, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 11 | 10 | November 30, 2015 | 132% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 10 | 10 | March 31, 2019 | 157% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 7 | 8 | 8 | December 31, 2022 | 166% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 7 | 7 | December 31, 2015 | 3,400% over the limit |
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 0 | 6 | 5 | October 31, 2008 | 98% over the limit |
| SSO, Wet Weather | 3 | 5 | 5 | July 31, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 0 | 5 | 4 | April 30, 2005 | 56% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 2 | October 31, 2016 | 85% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 1 | 2 | 1 | April 30, 2025 | 36% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Release [Sewer], Dry Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Release [Sewer], Wet Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bypass of Treatment Facility | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 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 TN0021237.
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.