Permit Details

Site ID	Site	Location	City	County	EFO Name
4883	US Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)	1 Bethel Valley Road	Oak Ridge	Roane	Knoxville

Permit Number

TN0002941

Permit Type

Individual

Status

Reissuance

Permittee Name

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Project Name

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

Activity Description

ORNL providing scientific support of USDOE mission- including neutron science, systems biology, energy materials science at the nanoscale, high-performance computing for national security. Permit modification to address 2019 permit appeal of antidegradation, certified operator, waste acceptance policy, plant operation manual, monitoring procedures, radioactive monitoring, and Appendix tables 1 and 2 in rationale.

Permit Rating

Facility Classification

Discharge Code

PW, SW, NCCW, DW

Application Received

30-JUN-2023

Application Returned

Application Complete

26-JUL-2023

Public Notice Date

01-JUN-2021

Issuance Date

24-FEB-2023

Effective Date

01-MAR-2023

Expiration Date

31-DEC-2023

Modification Date

15-DEC-2022

Termination Date

Receiving Stream

White Oak Creek, Northwest Tributary, First Creek, Fifth Creek, Melton Branch, Clinch River and other unnamed tributaries

Effluent Description

process wastewaters & other wastewaters accepted for discharge via waste acceptance procedures defined in Part III.F of the permit, industrial wastewater, sanitary wastewater, non-process wastewater, and stormwater discharges from wastewater treatment facilities (the Sanitary Treatment Plant/X01 and the Process Waste Treatment Complex/X12), in addition to seventy (70) non-process wastewater outfalls, and one-hundred and thirty-two (132) stormwater outfalls that are located throughout ORNL

Treatment Description

aerated lagoons, activated sludge, multimedia filtration, ozone disinfection, land application of sludge

SIC Code

9711

SIC 2

SIC 3

SIC 4

Design Flow Rate [MGD]

1.795

Record Last Updated

07-SEP-2023 01:49PM

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Permit No	Permittee Name	Project Name	Permit Type	Status	Rating	EFO Name	__Issuance__	_Effective_	__Expiration__
TNR136604	Department of Energy	Y-12 National Security Complex	CGP	Active	N/A	Knoxville	-	30-NOV-2021	30-SEP-2026
TNR132878	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	-	CGP	Inactive	N/A	Knoxville	-	14-DEC-2007	-
TNR139975	Spallation	-	CGP	Inactive	N/A	Knoxville	-	-	-
TNR190584	Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)	Oak Ridge National Laboratory Construction of 161 & 13kV Trans Line	CGP	Inactive	N/A	Knoxville	-	23-JAN-2006	30-MAY-2010
TNR190525	Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)	Oak Ridge National Laboratory Substation Construction	CGP	Inactive	N/A	Knoxville	-	17-JUN-2005	30-MAY-2010
TNR133329	The University of Tennessee	-	CGP	Active	N/A	Knoxville	-	15-OCT-2008	30-SEP-2026
SOP-23032	U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)	Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)	SOP	New	N/A	Knoxville	-	01-MAY-2024	30-APR-2029
SOP-22033	US Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Global Evaluation, Analysis, Research and Security Project	SOP	New	N/A	Knoxville	31-JAN-2023	01-FEB-2023	31-JAN-2028
TNR131450	United States Department of Energy / Oak Ridge National Laboratory	-	CGP	Inactive	N/A	Knoxville	-	19-JUL-2005	-

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File Type	Description	Document Date
Old Permit	REF 06-DEC-96: Old Permit by Larry Bunting w/ notes by Bob Alexander	06-DEC-1996
Letter	RCVD 16-JAN-97: letter re: appeal of mercury limits, arsenic limits, selenium limits, pH limits and compliance schedules by Robert James	16-JAN-1997
Memo	RCVD 24-JAN-97: memo re: permit appeal by David Buhaly	24-JAN-1997
Letter	RCVD 19-FEB-97: letter re: postpone hearing by Robert James	19-FEB-1997
Letter	RCVD 05-OCT-01: letter re: agreed order to resolve issues raised by appeal by Rachel Blumenfeld	05-OCT-2001
Memo	RCVD 01-NOV-01: memo re: Case 97-0023 by Carolyn Williams	01-NOV-2001
SWPPP	REF 31-JUL-06: SWPPP by Douglas Allen	31-JUL-2006
Report	REF 01-JAN-07: report re: opportunity to mitigate mercury & cooling water discharge 4501/4505 by ORNL	01-JAN-2007
Spreadsheet	outfalls and parameters deleted from database, but not PCS (EEO, 1/17/07)	17-JAN-2007
Letter	REF 24-SEP-07: letter re: comments on Draft Permit by Johnny Moore	24-SEP-2007

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Inspection Date	Type	Result
23-JUN-2023	Compliance Biomonitoring (CBI)	In Compliance
15-JUN-2021	Compliance Eval (non-sampling) (CEI)	In Compliance
21-JUN-2019	Compliance Eval (non-sampling) (CEI)	In Compliance
25-MAY-2017	Compliance Eval (non-sampling) (CEI)	In Compliance
26-SEP-2013	Compliance Eval (non-sampling) (CEI)	In Compliance
22-SEP-2009	Compliance Eval (non-sampling) (CEI)	In Compliance

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Project no	Plans Status	Type	Reviewer	Date Received	Approved Date	Project Name
23.0510	Approved	CD	MJB	1/4/2024	1/5/2024	ORNL 6000 East Parking Lots
23.0380	Approved	CD	A. Bahour	9/27/2023	9/28/2023	ORNL - 6000 Area Support Facility
23.0337	Approved	CD	MJB	7/28/2023	7/31/2023	ORNL -3501 Pump Station Replacement
22.0651	Approved	CD	TNH	10/14/2022	11/7/2022	ORNL Sewage Treatment Plant Modernization
22.0409	Review Complete	CD	TNH	6/20/2022	-	ORNL STP Modernization Phase 2
21.0531	Approved	CD	TNH	7/6/2021	7/30/2021	Mission Support Facility for Oak Ridge National Laboratory
21.0429	Approved	CD	ZachSeiden	5/28/2021	6/30/2021	ORNL -Craft Resources Support Facility
19.0803	Inactive	CD	JAH	12/17/2019	-	Oak Ridge 3501 Pump Station and Line Replacement
19.0757	Approved	CD	JAH	11/26/2019	12/4/2019	ORNL 2000-3000 Area Utility
18.0133	Approved	ER	GCG	3/5/2018	6/15/2018	Adding PAA at the ORNL WWTP

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