Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TNL020052

SWEETWATER STP, Sweetwater, TN: NPDES TNL020052 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

SWEETWATER STP holds NPDES permit TNL020052. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2021 and expiring December 31, 2025.

SWEETWATER STP, Sweetwater, Tennessee: Associated permit record TNL020052; Biosolids; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 1, 2021, term to December 31, 2025.

Tennessee holds 169 Biosolids coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 0 were issued before TNL020052.

Coverages issued nearest TNL020052

January 1, 2021: NYRSTAR TENNESSEE MINES- STRAWBERRY PLAINS, LLC YOUNG MINE, New Market, TNL001741, held by Nyrstar Tennessee Mines- Strawberry Plains, LLC Young Mine
January 1, 2021: EAST TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGY PARK (ETTP) - USDOE, Oak Ridge, TNL002950, held by East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) - USDOE
January 1, 2021: MARYVILLE STP, Maryville, TNL020079
January 1, 2021: HOHENWALD STP, Hohenwald, TNL020087
January 1, 2021: CITY OF KINGSPORT, Kingsport, TNL020095
January 1, 2021: GATLINBURG STP, Gatlinburg, TNL020117
January 1, 2021: GALLATIN STP, Gallatin, TNL020141

SWEETWATER STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 33 discharge permits in the Sweetwater Creek subwatershed (HUC 060102010301), TNL020052 among them. Its county holds 95, 2 of them major permits; TNL020052 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Sweetwater Creek subwatershed (HUC 060102010301)

ACME BLOCK & BRICK, INC., Sweetwater: TNR051130, minor permit, discharging to Tennessee-Watts Bar Lake, permit term to June 30, 2025
AEROFLEX USA, INC., Sweetwater: TNR058022, minor permit, discharging to Ft. Loudoun/Little River, permit term to June 30, 2025
AMLON SWEETWATER, LLC, Sweetwater: TNR058507, minor permit, discharging to Ft. Loudoun/Little River, permit term to June 30, 2025
ANDERSON AUTO SALVAGE AND RECYCLING, Sweetwater: TNR058578, minor permit, discharging to Tennessee-Watts Bar Lake, permit term to June 30, 2025
CENTRE 75 DRIVE-IN THEATER, Loudon: TNR136420, minor permit, discharging to Tennessee-Watts Bar Lake, permit term to September 30, 2021
CULPEPER OF SWEETWATER LLC, Sweetwater: TNR050348, minor permit, discharging to Tennessee-Watts Bar Lake, permit term to June 30, 2025
DUNKIN, Loudon: TNR137653, minor permit, discharging to Ft. Loudoun/Little River, permit term to September 30, 2026
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Sweetwater: TNR138222, minor permit, discharging to Tennessee-Watts Bar Lake, permit term to September 30, 2026
FOUR RIVERS TOWNHOMES, Sweetwater: TNR137237, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2026
LOUDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION-PHILADELPHIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Philadelphia: TNR137888, minor permit, discharging to Ft. Loudoun/Little River, permit term to September 30, 2026

What the register holds for SWEETWATER STP: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Sweetwater, Tennessee. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TNL020052.

Identity

Facility as filed	SWEETWATER STP
Permittee as filed	SWEETWATER STP
NPDES ID	TNL020052
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Associated permit record
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Biosolids
Issued	January 1, 2021
Expiration date	December 31, 2025
Address	Sweetwater, TN 37874
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Sweetwater Creek (HUC 060102010301)

Effluent limits and exceedances

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES TNL020052.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TNL020052.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TNL020052.

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 TNL020052.

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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

SWEETWATER STP is one of 3 biosolids permits on EPA's NPDES register in Monroe County. It is also one of 32 NPDES permits in the Sweetwater Creek subwatershed. The permit has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance.