Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0001899
KENTUCKY UTILITIES - TYRONE GENERATING STATION, Versailles, KY: NPDES KY0001899 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KENTUCKY UTILITIES - TYRONE GENERATING STATION, held by Kentucky Utilities - Tyrone Generating Station, holds NPDES permit KY0001899, which discharges to Kentucky River. EPA’s file records it issued December 11, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | KENTUCKY UTILITIES - TYRONE GENERATING STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Kentucky Utilities - Tyrone Generating Station |
| NPDES ID | KY0001899 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 11, 2018 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2023 |
| Address | Versailles, KY 40383 |
| Receiving water | KENTUCKY RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Bailey Run-Kentucky River (HUC 051002050708) |
| NAICS | 221111 – Hydroelectric Power Generation |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 2With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 0 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2007 | 40% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KY0001899.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.