Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0028754
CITY OF LEBANON GASIFICATION PLANT DBA LEBANON WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Lebanon, TN: NPDES TN0028754 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 16Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITY OF LEBANON GASIFICATION PLANT DBA LEBANON WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by City of Lebanon, holds NPDES permit TN0028754, which discharges to Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2019 and expiring May 31, 2024. 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 LEBANON GASIFICATION PLANT DBA LEBANON WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Lebanon |
| NPDES ID | TN0028754 |
| 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 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Lebanon, TN 37090 |
| Receiving water | Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake |
| Subwatershed | Bartons Creek (HUC 051302010306) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 16With 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 | 7 | 77 | 77 | May 31, 2026 | 1,309% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 49 | 47 | February 28, 2010 | 1,367% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 17 | 17 | February 28, 2026 | 397% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 17 | 17 | April 30, 2026 | 3,900% over the limit |
| SSO, Wet Weather | 3 | 20 | 16 | January 31, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| SSO, Dry Weather | 3 | 15 | 10 | November 30, 2025 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 58 | 9 | February 28, 2025 | 237% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 7 | 43 | 8 | April 30, 2026 | 38% over the limit |
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 0 | 6 | 6 | April 30, 2004 | 208% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 5 | 4 | August 31, 2007 | 15% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 11 | 3 | August 31, 2004 | 100% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 0 | 9 | 3 | October 31, 2003 | 540% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 3 | 3 | April 30, 2011 | 393% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 0 | 9 | 1 | April 30, 2003 | 100% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 1 | April 30, 2008 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 1 | September 30, 2023 | 88% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 18 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Bypass valve | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Release [Sewer], Dry Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Release [Sewer], Wet Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bypass of Treatment Facility | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 3, 2022 | Pretreatment - Failure to Conduct Inspections | ST6 |
| January 7, 2020 | Pretreatment - Failure to Develop/Enforce Standards | ST6 |
| January 7, 2020 | Pretreatment - Failure to Meet Inspection and Sampling Plan for SIUs | 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.