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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AK0053392

KPC WARD COVE LANDFILL LEACHATE, Ketchikan, AK: NPDES AK0053392 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

KPC WARD COVE LANDFILL LEACHATE, held by Phillip Benning - Ketchikan Pulp Company, holds NPDES permit AK0053392. EPA’s file records it issued October 15, 2025 and expiring November 30, 2030.

KPC WARD COVE LANDFILL LEACHATE, Ketchikan, Alaska: Individual permit AK0053392, held by Phillip Benning - Ketchikan Pulp Company; Effective; issued October 15, 2025, term to November 30, 2030, by Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.

  • Manganese, total recoverable: 0 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2023, largest 51% over the limit.
  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 0 limits, 33 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest January 31, 2007, largest 35% over the limit.
  • pH: 0 limits, 52 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 0 limits, 32 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 0 limits, 26 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow rate: 0 limits, 25 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Manganese, total [as Mn]: 0 limits, 23 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Color, apparent [unfiltered sample]: 0 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 0 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Zinc, total recoverable: 0 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phenol: 0 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • p-Cresol: 0 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Benzoic acids, total: 0 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • .alpha.-Terpineol: 0 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Color [PT-CO units]: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Toxicity, final conc toxicity units: 0 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • August 28, 2026: Letter of Violation/ Warning Letter (State).
  • July 6, 2026: Evaluation (S).
  • March 2, 2026: Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records (ST6).
  • March 2, 2026: Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample (ST6).
  • March 2, 2026: Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) (ST6).

KPC WARD COVE LANDFILL LEACHATE among its neighbors

Its county holds 76, 3 of them major permits; AK0053392 is a minor permit.

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Identity

Facility as filedKPC WARD COVE LANDFILL LEACHATE
Permittee as filedPhillip Benning - Ketchikan Pulp Company
NPDES IDAK0053392
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 15, 2025
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2030
Issuing agencyAlaska Department of Environmental Conservation
AddressKetchikan, AK 99901

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Manganese, total recoverable052September 30, 202351% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C0331January 31, 200735% over the limit
pH0520
Solids, total suspended0320
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]0260
Flow rate0250
Manganese, total [as Mn]0230
Color, apparent [unfiltered sample]0180
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]0120
Zinc, total recoverable090
Phenol090
p-Cresol090
Benzoic acids, total090
.alpha.-Terpineol090
Color [PT-CO units]080
Toxicity, final conc toxicity units070

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
March 2, 2026Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
March 2, 2026Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
March 2, 2026Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
July 6, 2026EvaluationS

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 28, 2026Letter of Violation/ Warning LetterState

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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES AK0053392 for KPC WARD COVE LANDFILL LEACHATE in Ketchikan, AK, which is listed as Effective and as a Minor discharger. The facts list 16 pollutants on file, 0 under a numeric limit, 16 with a violation of any kind, and 2 with an effluent exceedance.