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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0075868

CITY OF SPRING HILL STP, Spring Hill, TN: NPDES TN0075868 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF SPRING HILL STP, held by City of Spring Hill, holds NPDES permit TN0075868, which discharges to Duck-Lower. EPA’s file records it issued December 28, 2018 and expiring December 31, 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 filedCITY OF SPRING HILL STP
Permittee as filedCity of Spring Hill
NPDES IDTN0075868
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 28, 2018
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2023
Issuing agencyTDEC - DWR
AddressSpring Hill, TN 37174
Receiving waterDuck-Lower
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedRutherford Creek Upper (HUC 060400030201)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]108684December 31, 2023582% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]36867September 30, 2025293% over the limit
SSO, Dry Weather32317September 30, 20252,147,483,650% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C088January 31, 2009330% over the limit
Solids, total suspended777February 28, 202284% over the limit
SSO, Wet Weather366January 31, 20262,147,483,650% over the limit
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia185March 31, 201099,999% over the limit
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales154March 31, 201799,999% over the limit
Solids, settleable144October 31, 20251,200% over the limit
E. coli633March 31, 202518% over the limit
E. coli, MTEC-MF033July 31, 2009157% over the limit
pH222December 31, 2004
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]122January 31, 20177% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]022February 28, 201031% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]1211September 30, 201150% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal211April 30, 201551% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]330
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]030
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]030
Phosphate, ortho [as PO4]030
Overflows030
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant620
Release [Sewer], Dry Weather200
Release [Sewer], Wet Weather200
Bypass of Treatment Facility200
Solids, suspended percent removal200

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TN0075868.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit TN0075868 held by City of Spring Hill for the CITY OF SPRING HILL STP in Spring Hill, TN, which discharges to Duck-Lower and is administratively continued. The page lists 19 for the major discharger class, 16 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 16 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.