Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0024121
CLEVELAND UTILITIES STP, Cleveland, TN: NPDES TN0024121 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 14Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CLEVELAND UTILITIES STP, held by Cleveland Utilities, holds NPDES permit TN0024121, which discharges to Hiwassee. EPA’s file records it issued April 29, 2022 and expiring April 30, 2027. 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 | CLEVELAND UTILITIES STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Cleveland Utilities |
| NPDES ID | TN0024121 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 29, 2022 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2027 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Cleveland, TN 37310 |
| Receiving water | Hiwassee |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Hiwassee River-Dry Valley (HUC 060200021406) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 17With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 7 | 26 | 26 | October 31, 2016 | 135% over the limit |
| SSO, Dry Weather | 1 | 24 | 24 | May 31, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 16 | 16 | June 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 0 | 16 | 16 | January 31, 2016 | 229% over the limit |
| SSO, Wet Weather | 1 | 13 | 13 | May 31, 2025 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 12 | 12 | November 30, 2016 | 397% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 0 | 9 | 9 | August 31, 2006 | 500% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 5 | 5 | August 31, 2024 | 87% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 4 | 4 | November 30, 2004 | 36% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2000 | 125% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 2 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2025 | 27% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2007 | 2% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2004 | 10% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 1 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2022 | 77% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 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 TN0024121.
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.