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Site IDSiteLocationCityCountyEFO Name
5220TVA Chickamauga Hydro Plant4601 Amnicola Hwy.ChattanoogaHamiltonChattanooga

Permit Information

TN0027413
Individual
Reissuance
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Chickamauga Hydro Plant
Hydro power plant
I
X
NCCW
13-OCT-2022
17-OCT-2022
25-OCT-2022
05-DEC-2022
01-MAY-2023
30-APR-2027
Tennessee River (Nickajack Reservoir) at mile 471
noncontact cooling waters, station sump wastewater (which includes waters such as cooling water; river water leaked into the plant; river water from unwatering of penstock, scroll case, and draft tube; air compressor blowdown and other condensate; and floor washwater); river water from unwatering operations; backwash of strainers; test waters from fire protection system; and spent waters from activities including pressure washing of painted surfaces, drilling or slot cutting the dam and washing equipment from Outfalls 001-009
Generation of electricity by 4 hydraulic turbine generators with a combined generating capacity of 140 megawatts
4911
8.5
26-JAN-2024 11:07AM

Other DWR permits at this site

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Permit NoPermittee NameProject NamePermit TypeStatusRatingEFO Name__Issuance___Effective___Expiration__
TNR058268Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)Chickamauga Power Service Center (CPSC)TMSPActiveN/AChattanooga19-JUL-202020-JUL-202030-JUN-2025
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Permit Documents

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LetterTVA request that 24-hour composite sampling and analysis requirements on EPA Form 2C be waived for upcoming NPDES permit renewal sampling12-SEP-2022
LetterTVA Hydropower Plant Sampling Waiver Approval Letter 202210-OCT-2022
ReportTVA Chickamauga Hydro Plant Annual Report 201319-MAR-2014
ReportTVA Chickamauga Hydro Plant Annual Report 201219-MAR-2014
Inspection ReportTVA Chickamauga Hydro Plant 03181420-MAR-2014
Engineering Drawings-PlansSlot cutting project25-APR-2019
Engineering Drawings-PlansSlot cutting locations25-APR-2019
ReportRCVD VIA EMAIL 30-JAN-23: report re: Annual Report for reporting period January through December 2022 by Robert Chapman30-JAN-2023
ReportRCVD VIA EMAIL 29-JAN-24: report re: 2023 by Shannon Bynum29-JAN-2024
ApplicationRCVD VIA EMAIL 28-AUG-17: NPDES app by Anthony Townsend.28-AUG-2017
Forms submitted through MyTDEC Forms after 11/17/2020 will be available in FileNet.

Moratorium

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Inspections

17-SEP-2024Compliance Eval (non-sampling) (CEI)In Compliance
11-SEP-2020Compliance Eval (non-sampling) (CEI)In Compliance
18-MAR-2014Compliance Eval (non-sampling) (CEI)In Compliance
14-JUN-2007Compliance Eval (non-sampling) (CEI)In Compliance

Wastewater Engineering Plans Review

no data found