Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0002933
MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY, Morehead, KY: NPDES KY0002933 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY, held by Morehead State University, holds NPDES permit KY0002933, which discharges to Triplett Crk. EPA’s file records it issued August 9, 2019 and expiring September 30, 2024. 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 | MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Morehead State University |
| NPDES ID | KY0002933 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 9, 2019 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2024 |
| Address | Morehead, KY 40351 |
| Receiving water | TRIPLETT CRK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower Triplett Creek (HUC 051001010605) |
| NAICS | 611310 – Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
| SIC | 8221 – Colleges And Universities |
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
- 12Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 166 | 166 | October 31, 2013 | 5,321% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 126 | 118 | March 31, 2013 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 53 | 29 | November 30, 2006 | 93% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 16 | 2 | March 31, 2007 | 363% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2015 | 990% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 15 | 1 | December 31, 2011 | 200% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 26 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, 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 KY0002933.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KY0002933.
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
EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES KY0002933.
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.