Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0400 - Environment and Conservation
Subtitle 0400-40 - Water Resources (WPC)
Chapter 0400-40-05 - Individual National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits
Section 0400-40-05-.04 - PROHIBITIONS

(1) The discharge of any radiological, chemical, or biological warfare agent;

(2) The discharge of radioactive waste into waters (though this does not prohibit radioactivity from authorized discharges provided such discharge is in accordance with state water quality standards);

(3) Any discharge that the Secretary of the Army, acting through the chief of engineers, finds would substantially impair anchorage and navigation;

(4) Any discharge to which the Regional Administrator has objected in writing in a timely fashion according to Section 402(d)(2) of the federal CWA;

(5) Any discharge from a source with effluent limitations less stringent than those included in an approved area-wide waste treatment management plan;

(6) When the conditions of the permit do not provide for compliance with the applicable requirements of either the federal CWA or the Act; or

(7) To a new source or a new discharger, if the discharge from its construction or operation will cause or contribute to the violation of water quality standards.