Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0076015

WAUPACA FOUNDRY, INC., Etowah, TN: NPDES TN0076015 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

WAUPACA FOUNDRY, INC., held by Waupaca Foundry, Inc., holds NPDES permit TN0076015, which discharges to Hiwassee. EPA’s file records it issued November 1, 2017 and expiring November 30, 2022.

WAUPACA FOUNDRY, INC., Etowah, Tennessee: Individual permit TN0076015, held by Waupaca Foundry, Inc.; Industrial stormwater; Effective; issued November 1, 2017, term to November 30, 2022, by TDEC - DWR; discharges to Hiwassee; Iron Foundries.

Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 50 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2021, largest 400% over the limit.
Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 2 limits, 134 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 6 limits, 94 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 3 limits, 94 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 1 limit, 47 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 0 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales: 0 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas: 2 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia: 2 limits, 17 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total [as Cu]: 2 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 2 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 2 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total [as Al]: 2 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Duration of discharge: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Tennessee holds 265 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 35 were issued before TN0076015.

Coverages issued nearest TN0076015

June 1, 2017: HEXPOL COMPOUNDING COLONIAL RUBBER WORKS, Dyersburg, TN0000221, held by HEXPOL Compounding LLC
July 1, 2017: ERGON TERMINALING INC.-KNOXVILLE, Knoxville, TN0055433, held by ERGON Knoxville, Inc.
July 7, 2017: S & H MINING, INC. - DEEP MINE 11, Rocky Top, TN0072168, held by S & H Mining, Inc.
September 1, 2017: PILOT TRAVEL CENTERS, LLC DBA PILOT TRAVEL CENTER #406FKA WILLIAMS TRAVEL CE, Cornersville, TN0067954, held by Pilot Travel Centers LLC
October 27, 2017: CMC STEEL TENNESSEE, Knoxville, TN0027804, held by CMC Steel US, LLC
December 1, 2017: GILES COUNTY QUARRY, Pulaski, TN0076244, held by Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
January 1, 2018: ALCOA BUSINESS PARK LLC, Alcoa, TN0082007, held by Alcoa Business Park LLC (formerly Alcoa - South Plant)
January 11, 2018: PREMIUM COAL COMPANY, INC. - TIPPLE & PREPARATION PLANT, Rocky Top, TN0051918, held by PREMIUM COAL COMPANY, INC.
January 31, 2018: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) - KINGSTON FOSSIL PLANT (KIF), Harriman, TN0005452, held by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
February 1, 2018: GREYSTONE SAND AND GRAVEL, Greeneville, TN0076341, held by Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC

WAUPACA FOUNDRY, INC. among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 13 discharge permits in the Conasauga Creek Lower subwatershed (HUC 060200020802), TN0076015 among them. Its county holds 113, 5 of them major permits; TN0076015 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Conasauga Creek Lower subwatershed (HUC 060200020802)

BUNGALOWS AT ETOWAH, Etowah: TNR114277, minor permit, discharging to Hiwassee, permit term to September 30, 2026
CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. - ETOWAH, Etowah: TNR056814, minor permit, discharging to Hiwassee, permit term to June 30, 2025
ETOWAH STP, Etowah: TNL063771, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
ETOWAH UTILITIES BOARD DBA ETOWAH UTILITIES WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Etowah: TN0063771, major permit, discharging to Hiwassee, permit term to May 31, 2027
ETOWAH UTILITIES BOARD DBA ETOWAH UTILITIES WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Etowah: TNR056420, minor permit, discharging to Hiwassee, permit term to June 30, 2025
EVONIK CORPORATION, Etowah: TN0001996, minor permit, discharging to Hiwassee, permit term to March 31, 2022
EVONIK CORPORATION, Etowah: TNR051121, minor permit, discharging to Hiwassee, permit term to June 30, 2025
EVONIK CORPORATION, Etowah: TNR113719, minor permit, discharging to Hiwassee, permit term to September 30, 2026
JOHNS MANVILLE, INC., Etowah: TN0042064, minor permit, discharging to Hiwassee, permit term to May 31, 2022
LEXINGTON COAL COMPANY, LLCLANE COVE STRIP MINE #2/DM#43TN0066044, Whitwell: TNRM25002, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2030

Identity

Facility as filed	WAUPACA FOUNDRY, INC.
Permittee as filed	Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
NPDES ID	TN0076015
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Industrial stormwater
Issued	November 1, 2017
Expiration date	November 30, 2022
Issuing agency	TDEC - DWR
Address	Etowah, TN 37331
Receiving water	Hiwassee
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Conasauga Creek Lower (HUC 060200020802)
NAICS	331511 – Iron Foundries
SIC	3321 – Gray And Ductile Iron Foundries
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler TNR000029553

Effluent limits and exceedances

15Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
14With a violation of any kind
1With 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
Solids, total suspended	3	50	3	March 31, 2021	400% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	2	134	0
pH	6	94	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	3	94	0
Oil & Grease	1	47	0
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	30	0
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales	0	30	0
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas	2	18	0
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia	2	17	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	13	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	2	13	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	13	0
Aluminum, total [as Al]	2	13	0
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]	2	1	0
Duration of discharge	1	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TN0076015.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TN0076015.

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 TN0076015.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TN0076015 held by WAUPACA FOUNDRY, INC. in Etowah, TN, with a status of Effective and a Minor discharger class of 13. The page lists 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued November 1, 2017 and expiring November 30, 2022.