Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0059935
COPPER BASIN UTILITY, Turtletown, TN: NPDES TN0059935 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
COPPER BASIN UTILITY, held by Copper Basin Utility, holds NPDES permit TN0059935, which discharges to Ocoee. EPA’s file records it issued September 15, 2020 and expiring August 31, 2025. 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 | COPPER BASIN UTILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Copper Basin Utility |
| NPDES ID | TN0059935 |
| 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 | September 15, 2020 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Turtletown, TN 37391 |
| Receiving water | Ocoee |
| NAICS | 221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems |
| SIC | 4941 – Water Supply |
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
- 6Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 142 | 136 | December 31, 2021 | 5,163% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 1 | 18 | 11 | June 30, 2022 | 143% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 80 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 6 | 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 TN0059935.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TN0059935.
Formal enforcement and penalties
0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.
Informal enforcement
EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES TN0059935.
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.