Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0055786
THE PICTSWEET COMPANY DBA BELLS, TN PLANT, Bells, TN: NPDES TN0055786 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
THE PICTSWEET COMPANY DBA BELLS, TN PLANT, held by The Pictsweet Company, holds NPDES permit TN0055786, which discharges to Forked Deer-South Fork. EPA’s file records it issued November 1, 2016 and expiring October 31, 2021. 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 | THE PICTSWEET COMPANY DBA BELLS, TN PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | The Pictsweet Company |
| NPDES ID | TN0055786 |
| 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 1, 2016 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Bells, TN 38006 |
| Receiving water | Forked Deer-South Fork |
| Subwatershed | South Fork Forked Deer River-Panther Creek (HUC 080102050306) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 4Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 20 | 20 | July 31, 2026 | 656% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 72 | 8 | September 30, 2020 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 68 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 32 | 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 TN0055786.
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.