Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0054909

CHURCH STEWARDSHIP INC. STP (FORMERLY HIWASSEE COLLEGE), Madisonville, TN: NPDES TN0054909 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

CHURCH STEWARDSHIP INC. STP (FORMERLY HIWASSEE COLLEGE), held by Hiwassee College STP, holds NPDES permit TN0054909, which discharges to Little Tennessee. EPA’s file records it issued July 10, 2018 and expiring July 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	CHURCH STEWARDSHIP INC. STP (FORMERLY HIWASSEE COLLEGE)
Permittee as filed	Hiwassee College STP
NPDES ID	TN0054909
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	July 10, 2018
Expiration date	July 31, 2023
Issuing agency	TDEC - DWR
Address	Madisonville, TN 37354
Receiving water	Little Tennessee
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Bat Creek (HUC 060102040503)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler TNR000018044

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

2Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
2With a violation of any kind
2With 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]	0	4	4	March 31, 2023	176% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	0	3	3	March 31, 2023	72% over the limit

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 TN0054909.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit TN0054909 for CHURCH STEWARDSHIP INC. STP (FORMERLY HIWASSEE COLLEGE) in Madisonville, TN, which discharges to Little Tennessee, with the permit's status listed as Effective. The page lists a Discharger class of 0, 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and gives issuance on July 10, 2018 and expiration on July 31, 2023 as they stood in EPA's permit file.