Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0023531
CITY OF BRISTOL DBA BRISTOL STP 2, Bluff City, TN: NPDES TN0023531 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITY OF BRISTOL DBA BRISTOL STP 2, held by City of Bristol, holds NPDES permit TN0023531, which discharges to Holston-South Fork (U/S Of Watauga). EPA’s file records it issued May 14, 2018 and expiring May 31, 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 | CITY OF BRISTOL DBA BRISTOL STP 2 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Bristol |
| NPDES ID | TN0023531 |
| 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 | May 14, 2018 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Bluff City, TN 37618 |
| Receiving water | Holston-South Fork (U/S of Watauga) |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Steele Creek-Beaver Creek (HUC 060101020502) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 52 | 52 | March 31, 2026 | 291% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 41 | 41 | March 31, 2026 | 217% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 31 | 31 | March 31, 2026 | 611% over the limit |
| SSO, Wet Weather | 3 | 27 | 27 | July 31, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 24 | 24 | February 29, 2024 | 577% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 20 | 20 | March 31, 2026 | 463% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 2 | 16 | 16 | September 30, 2022 | 397% over the limit |
| SSO, Dry Weather | 3 | 15 | 15 | September 30, 2025 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 16 | 3 | July 31, 2012 | 393% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 3 | 3 | May 31, 2025 | 1,900% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2023 | 130% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Release [Sewer], Dry Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Release [Sewer], Wet Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bypass of Treatment Facility | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 21, 2022 | Pretreatment - Failure to Enforce Against I/U | ST6 |
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.