Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0061727
PARSONS STP, Parsons, TN: NPDES TN0061727 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 14Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PARSONS STP, held by City of Parsons, holds NPDES permit TN0061727, which discharges to Tennessee Western Valley-Beech. EPA’s file records it issued September 14, 2018 and expiring November 30, 2023. 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 | PARSONS STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Parsons |
| NPDES ID | TN0061727 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 14, 2018 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Parsons, TN 38363 |
| Receiving water | Tennessee Western Valley-Beech |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Beech River Outlet (HUC 060400010808) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 28Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 14With 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] | 12 | 536 | 500 | June 30, 2026 | 2,833% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 66 | 31 | September 30, 2022 | 78,901% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 7 | 68 | 11 | February 29, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 22 | 8 | October 31, 2014 | |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 1 | 33 | 7 | December 31, 2016 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 0 | 13 | 7 | November 30, 2012 | 91% over the limit |
| SSO, Wet Weather | 3 | 7 | 7 | January 31, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 32 | 6 | December 31, 2016 | 100% over the limit |
| SSO, Dry Weather | 3 | 5 | 5 | January 31, 2025 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 17 | 3 | June 30, 2002 | 70% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 15 | 2 | June 30, 2002 | 70% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 6 | 2 | January 31, 2000 | 5,910% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 42 | 1 | March 31, 2013 | 3% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 7 | 1 | March 31, 2024 | 8% over the limit |
| Bypass valve | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 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 | 1 | 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 TN0061727.
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.