Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0000795
TWIN RIVERS PAPER COMPANY LLC, Pickens, MS: NPDES MS0000795 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TWIN RIVERS PAPER COMPANY LLC holds NPDES permit MS0000795, which discharges to Trib Of Big Black River. EPA’s file records it issued December 2, 2013 and expiring November 30, 2018. 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 | TWIN RIVERS PAPER COMPANY LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TWIN RIVERS PAPER COMPANY LLC |
| NPDES ID | MS0000795 |
| 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 | December 2, 2013 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Pickens, MS 39146 |
| Receiving water | TRIB OF BIG BLACK RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Tacketts Creek-Big Black River (HUC 080602010904) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MSD055011142 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 27 | 23 | May 31, 2019 | 496% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 12 | 8 | December 31, 2019 | 293% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 14 | 6 | March 31, 2018 | 157% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 21 | 4 | February 29, 2012 | 352% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 3 | 3 | February 29, 2020 | 76% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 14 | 2 | January 31, 2011 | 1,100% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 4 | 2 | March 31, 2017 | |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 2 | 1 | August 31, 2019 | 3% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 31, 2015 | 15% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total production - mass | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 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 MS0000795.
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.