Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TNG830293
BIG M GROCERY, HIGHWAY 70 MARKET, Sparta, TN: NPDES TNG830293 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BIG M GROCERY, HIGHWAY 70 MARKET, held by PM Environmental, Inc., holds NPDES permit TNG830293, which discharges to Caney Fork. EPA’s file records it issued December 12, 2024 and expiring February 28, 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 | BIG M GROCERY, HIGHWAY 70 MARKET |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PM Environmental, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | TNG830293 |
| 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 | December 12, 2024 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Sparta, TN 38583 |
| Receiving water | Caney Fork |
| Subwatershed | Center Hill Lake (HUC 051301080604) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 1With 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2025 | 230% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Floating solids, waste or visible foam-visual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 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 TNG830293.
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.