Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0061271
PARIS STP, Paris, TN: NPDES TN0061271 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PARIS STP, held by Paris Board of Public Utilities, holds NPDES permit TN0061271, which discharges to Tennessee Western Valley (Kentucky Lake). EPA’s file records it issued June 18, 2018 and expiring May 31, 2023. 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 | PARIS STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Paris Board of Public Utilities |
| NPDES ID | TN0061271 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 18, 2018 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Paris, TN 38242 |
| Receiving water | Tennessee Western Valley (Kentucky Lake) |
| Subwatershed | Bailey Fork Creek (HUC 060400050602) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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] | 10 | 77 | 67 | August 31, 2025 | 367% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 66 | 52 | February 29, 2024 | 1,592% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 31 | 31 | February 28, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 33 | 29 | January 31, 2023 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 32 | 28 | February 29, 2024 | 945% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 24 | 22 | July 31, 2018 | 900% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 7 | 5 | January 31, 2023 | 4,300% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 1 | 13 | 3 | June 30, 2013 | 91% over the limit |
| SSO, Wet Weather | 3 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2023 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 12 | 1 | September 30, 2018 | 5% over the limit |
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 0 | 5 | 1 | March 31, 2012 | 67% over the limit |
| SSO, Dry Weather | 3 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2024 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 12 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bypass valve | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Release [Sewer], Dry Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Release [Sewer], Wet Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bypass of Treatment Facility | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 2 | 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 TN0061271.
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.