Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0004201
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY - PARADISE FOSSIL PLANT, Drakesboro, KY: NPDES KY0004201 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 35Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY - PARADISE FOSSIL PLANT, held by Tennessee Valley Authority - Paradise Fossil Plant, holds NPDES permit KY0004201, which discharges to Green River / Jacobs Crk. EPA’s file records it issued June 15, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY - PARADISE FOSSIL PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tennessee Valley Authority - Paradise Fossil Plant |
| NPDES ID | KY0004201 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Federal facility |
| Issued | June 15, 2018 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2023 |
| Address | Drakesboro, KY 42337 |
| Receiving water | GREEN RIVER / JACOBS CRK |
| Subwatershed | Daniel Run-Pond Creek (HUC 051100030405) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler KY1640013156; ICIS-AIR source KY0000002117700006 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 37Pollutants on file
- 35Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 12 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2007 | 15% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2019 | 50,317% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2019 | 247% over the limit |
| pH | 36 | 5 | 1 | February 28, 2011 | |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 32 | 5 | 1 | March 31, 2023 | 32% over the limit |
| Thallium, total recoverable | 26 | 5 | 1 | March 31, 2023 | 326% over the limit |
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 5 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2019 | 130% over the limit |
| Temp. diff. between samp. & upstrm deg. F | 0 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2005 | 70% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2011 | 162% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 50 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 40 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 32 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 24 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 20 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 18 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxidants, total residual | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cooling Water Intake Velocity | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cooling Water Intake Inspection | 1 | 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 KY0004201.
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 September 15, 2026.