Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0056545
SUMMERTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, Summertown, TN: NPDES TN0056545 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SUMMERTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, held by Lawrence County Board of Education, holds NPDES permit TN0056545, which discharges to Buffalo. EPA’s file records it issued September 7, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023. 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.
Identity
| Facility as filed | SUMMERTOWN HIGH SCHOOL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Lawrence County Board of Education |
| NPDES ID | TN0056545 |
| 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 | September 7, 2018 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Summertown, TN 38483 |
| Receiving water | Buffalo |
| Subwatershed | Buffalo River-Saw Creek (HUC 060400040104) |
| 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
- 4Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 16 | 16 | August 31, 2024 | 416% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 5 | 5 | September 30, 2024 | |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2024 | 82% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2025 | 7% 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 TN0056545.
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.