Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0060143
GEMTRON CORPORATION, Sweetwater, TN: NPDES TN0060143 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GEMTRON CORPORATION, held by Gemtron Corporation, holds NPDES permit TN0060143, which discharges to Tennessee-Watts Bar Lake. EPA’s file records it issued June 10, 2021 and expiring July 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 | GEMTRON CORPORATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Gemtron Corporation |
| NPDES ID | TN0060143 |
| 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 | June 10, 2021 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Sweetwater, TN 37874 |
| Receiving water | Tennessee-Watts Bar Lake |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 62 | 32 | June 30, 2013 | 3,479% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 82 | 22 | September 30, 2013 | 400% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 32 | 3 | September 30, 2012 | 825% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 31 | 2 | June 30, 2009 | 96% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 31 | 2 | August 31, 2010 | 73% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 57 | 1 | December 31, 2010 | 79% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 1 | 57 | 1 | December 31, 2010 | 92% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2012 | 93% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 29 | 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 TN0060143.
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.