Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0029718
BERRY'S CHAPEL UTILITY STP, Franklin, TN: NPDES TN0029718 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 15Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BERRY'S CHAPEL UTILITY STP, held by Berry's Chapel Utility, Inc., holds NPDES permit TN0029718, which discharges to Harpeth. EPA’s file records it issued March 16, 2021 and expiring March 31, 2026. 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 | BERRY'S CHAPEL UTILITY STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Berry's Chapel Utility, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | TN0029718 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 16, 2021 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Franklin, TN 37064 |
| Receiving water | Harpeth |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Harpeth River-Cartwright Creek (HUC 051302040602) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 15With 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, total [as N] | 10 | 169 | 66 | May 31, 2026 | 1,040% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 10 | 274 | 57 | June 30, 2024 | 17,400% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 87 | 44 | March 31, 2016 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 12 | 366 | 37 | May 31, 2026 | 1,120% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 53 | 7 | June 30, 2023 | 35% over the limit |
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 0 | 95 | 6 | November 30, 2018 | 93% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 93 | 6 | March 31, 2010 | 87% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 318 | 5 | October 31, 2021 | 231% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 94 | 5 | March 31, 2020 | |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 0 | 92 | 5 | June 30, 2002 | 7,900% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 25 | 3 | October 31, 2021 | 12% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 46 | 2 | March 31, 2002 | 400% over the limit |
| SSO, Dry Weather | 1 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2021 | 10% over the limit |
| SSO, Wet Weather | 1 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 172 | 0 | ||
| Bypass valve | 0 | 97 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 0 | 76 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total percent removal | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, insoluble | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total, percent removal [%] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 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 TN0029718.
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.