Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0021814
FAYETTEVILLE STP, Fayetteville, TN: NPDES TN0021814 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 14Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FAYETTEVILLE STP, held by Fayetteville Public Utilities (FPU), holds NPDES permit TN0021814, which discharges to Elk-Upper. EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2017 and expiring January 31, 2022. 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 | FAYETTEVILLE STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Fayetteville Public Utilities (FPU) |
| NPDES ID | TN0021814 |
| 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 | February 1, 2017 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Fayetteville, TN 37334 |
| Receiving water | Elk-Upper |
| Subwatershed | Elk River-Lees Creek (HUC 060300030706) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 24 | 21 | July 31, 2012 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 16 | 14 | February 28, 2022 | 1,233% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 17 | 10 | July 31, 2017 | 44% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 12 | 10 | July 31, 2017 | 233% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 16 | 9 | July 31, 2017 | 620% over the limit |
| SSO, Dry Weather | 1 | 7 | 6 | February 28, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 6 | 5 | March 31, 2015 | 5,400% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 11 | 4 | November 30, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 4 | 4 | October 31, 2020 | 397% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 1 | 9 | 2 | January 31, 2021 | 64% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 4 | 2 | December 31, 2011 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 3 | 2 | December 31, 2009 | 55% over the limit |
| SSO, Wet Weather | 1 | 3 | 2 | March 31, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 0 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2003 | 208% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bypass valve | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 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 TN0021814.
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.