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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0068187

LOWLAND INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, INC. (FKA LIBERTY FIBERS CORPORATION) & WASTE INDUST, Morristown, TN: NPDES TN0068187 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LOWLAND INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, INC. (FKA LIBERTY FIBERS CORPORATION) & WASTE INDUST, held by Morristown Utilities Commission, holds NPDES permit TN0068187, which discharges to Nolichucky. EPA’s file records it issued March 6, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2025. 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 filedLOWLAND INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, INC. (FKA LIBERTY FIBERS CORPORATION) & WASTE INDUST
Permittee as filedMorristown Utilities Commission
NPDES IDTN0068187
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 6, 2020
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2025
Issuing agencyTDEC - DWR
AddressMorristown, TN 37813
Receiving waterNolichucky
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedFlat Creek (HUC 060101080903)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 86 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]5147147February 28, 20262,850% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal22929January 31, 2024567% over the limit
Solids, total suspended73327April 30, 20261,900% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C71917February 28, 2026147% over the limit
E. coli, MTEC-MF099March 31, 2015147% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]082October 31, 2007190% over the limit
Chloroform062January 31, 201755% over the limit
pH232December 31, 2010
E. coli222December 31, 201897% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal222November 30, 201893% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual122December 31, 2018117% over the limit
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia122December 31, 200743% over the limit
Phenol022June 30, 2016214% over the limit
Diethyl phthalate051April 30, 200693% over the limit
SSO, Dry Weather311June 30, 20262,147,483,650% over the limit
SSO, Wet Weather311September 30, 20242,147,483,650% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]111May 31, 201920% over the limit
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales011July 31, 200275% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4100
Nickel, total [as Ni]0100
Oil & Grease060
Cyanide, total [as CN]060
Chromium, total [as Cr]060
Copper, total [as Cu]060
Iron, total [as Fe]060
Lead, total [as Pb]060
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]050
Carbon tetrachloride040
1,2-Dichloroethane040
Toluene040
Acenaphthylene040
Acenaphthene040
Acrylonitrile040
Anthracene040
Benzene, dissolved040
Benzo[k]fluoranthene040
Benzo[a]pyrene040
Chlorobenzene040
Chrysene040
Dimethyl phthalate040
Fluoranthene040
Fluorene040
Hexachlorobutadiene040
Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]040
Methylene chloride040
Nitrobenzene040
Phenanthrene040
Pyrene040
Tetrachloroethylene040
1,1-Dichloroethane040
1,1-Dichloroethylene040
1,1,1-Trichloroethane040
1,1,2-Trichloroethane040
Benzo[a]anthracene040
1,2-Dichlorobenzene040
1,2-Dichloropropane040
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene040
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene040
1,3-Dichlorobenzene040
1,4-Dichlorobenzene040

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TN0068187.

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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