Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0059781
COLORWORKS, INC., Elizabethton, TN: NPDES TN0059781 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COLORWORKS, INC. holds NPDES permit TN0059781, which discharges to Watauga River @ Mile 28.2. EPA’s file records it issued July 31, 2006 and expiring July 30, 2011. 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 | COLORWORKS, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | COLORWORKS, INC. |
| NPDES ID | TN0059781 |
| 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 | July 31, 2006 |
| Expiration date | July 30, 2011 |
| Address | Elizabethton, TN 37643 |
| Receiving water | WATAUGA RIVER @ Mile 28.2 |
| Subwatershed | Gap Creek-Watauga river (HUC 060101030505) |
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
- 0With 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 | 4 | 132 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 132 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 2 | 66 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TN0059781.
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 TN0059781.
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.