Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0020150

GEORGETOWN STP #1, Georgetown, KY: NPDES KY0020150 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
46Pollutants under a numeric limit
11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
2Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

GEORGETOWN STP #1, held by Georgetown STP #1, holds NPDES permit KY0020150, which discharges to North Elkhorn Crk. EPA’s file records it issued June 11, 2014 and expiring July 31, 2019. 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	GEORGETOWN STP #1
Permittee as filed	Georgetown STP #1
NPDES ID	KY0020150
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	June 11, 2014
Expiration date	July 31, 2019
Address	Georgetown, KY 40324
Receiving water	NORTH ELKHORN CRK
Subwatershed	Dry Run-North Elkhorn Creek (HUC 051002050805)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

49Pollutants on file
46Under a numeric limit
47With a violation of any kind
11With 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
Solids, total suspended	8	31	31	February 28, 2026	3,040% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	21	21	July 31, 2023	236% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	8	19	19	November 30, 2025	2,668% over the limit
E. coli	2	11	11	April 30, 2026	420% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	6	6	February 28, 2025	566% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	5	5	April 30, 2008	99,999% over the limit
Toxicity, final conc toxicity units	1	2	2	June 30, 2013	216% over the limit
pH	6	4	1	January 31, 2005
Chlorine, total residual	0	3	1	July 31, 2004	426% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	1	1	May 31, 2006	12% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	1	1	1	June 30, 2006	560% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]	6	10	0
Cadmium, total recoverable	6	6	0
Lead, total recoverable	6	6	0
Copper, total recoverable	6	6	0
Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable	6	6	0
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]	4	6	0
Chloride [as Cl]	4	6	0
Arsenic, total recoverable	4	6	0
Iron, total recoverable	4	6	0
Selenium, total recoverable	4	6	0
Nickel, total recoverable	4	6	0
Silver total recoverable	4	6	0
Zinc, total recoverable	4	6	0
Chromium, total recoverable	4	6	0
Phenolics, total	4	6	0
Mercury, total recoverable	4	6	0
Oil and grease	0	6	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	4	0
Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se]	4	3	0
Silver, total dry weight, sludge mt	4	3	0
Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge	4	3	0
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]	4	3	0
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]	4	3	0
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]	4	3	0
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]	4	3	0
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]	4	3	0
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]	4	3	0
Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu]	4	3	0
Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd]	4	3	0
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]	4	3	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	2	0
Solids, total, sludge, percent	4	2	0
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method	1	1	0
Annual amt of sludge incinerated	1	1	0
Annual amount of sludge land applied	1	1	0
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill	1	1	0
Oil & Grease	4	0	0
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]	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 KY0020150.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 10, 2026	Evaluation	S
March 31, 2026	Audit	S

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

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 23, 2026	Notice of Violation	State

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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES KY0020150 for GEORGETOWN STP #1 in Georgetown, KY, held by Georgetown STP #1 and discharging to North Elkhorn Crk within the Dry Run-North Elkhorn Creek watershed (HUC 051002050805). The facts list 49 pollutants on file, 46 under a numeric limit, 47 with a violation of any kind, and 11 with an effluent exceedance, and the permit is administratively continued as a Major Discharger.