Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0029769
BP OIL, INC., Knoxville, TN: NPDES TN0029769 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BP OIL, INC., held by BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA, holds NPDES permit TN0029769, which discharges to Third Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 30, 2007 and expiring November 29, 2012. 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 | BP OIL, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA |
| NPDES ID | TN0029769 |
| 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 |
| Issued | November 30, 2007 |
| Expiration date | November 29, 2012 |
| Address | Knoxville, TN 37921 |
| Receiving water | THIRD CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Third Creek (HUC 060102010202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 67 | 1 | November 30, 2008 | |
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 33 | 1 | March 31, 2006 | 5% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 72 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 1 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 32 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Methylene blue active substances | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 2 | 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 TN0029769.
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.