Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0081655
OLE SMOKY MOUNTAIN MOONSHINE, Gatlinburg, TN: NPDES TN0081655 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
OLE SMOKY MOUNTAIN MOONSHINE, held by Ole Smoky Distillery, holds NPDES permit TN0081655, which discharges to French Broad-Lower. EPA’s file records it issued August 3, 2018 and expiring August 19, 2020. 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 | OLE SMOKY MOUNTAIN MOONSHINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Ole Smoky Distillery |
| NPDES ID | TN0081655 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 3, 2018 |
| Expiration date | August 19, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Gatlinburg, TN 37738 |
| Receiving water | French Broad-Lower |
| Subwatershed | Little Pigeon River Middle (HUC 060101070305) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 68 | 64 | June 30, 2024 | 47,163% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 13 | 5 | December 31, 2023 | |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 1 | 5 | 1 | March 31, 2022 | 29% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 1 | 5 | 1 | August 31, 2020 | 31,900% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 1 | 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 TN0081655.
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.