Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0054950
BUFFALO VALLEY STP, Unicoi, TN: NPDES TN0054950 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BUFFALO VALLEY STP, held by Johnson City, holds NPDES permit TN0054950, which discharges to Watauga. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 2016 and expiring December 31, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
What the register holds for BUFFALO VALLEY STP: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Unicoi, Tennessee, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TN0054950.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BUFFALO VALLEY STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Johnson City |
| NPDES ID | TN0054950 |
| 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 | December 1, 2016 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Unicoi, TN 37692 |
| Receiving water | Watauga |
| Subwatershed | Buffalo Creek (HUC 060101030502) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 0Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 0With a violation of any kind
- 0With an effluent exceedance
EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES TN0054950.
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 TN0054950.
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 October 14, 2026.