Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0021237
BARDSTOWN TOWN CREEK WWTP, Bardstown, KY: NPDES KY0021237 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 49Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BARDSTOWN TOWN CREEK WWTP, held by Bardstown STP, holds NPDES permit KY0021237, which discharges to Town Crk & Rowan Crk Junction. 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 (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BARDSTOWN TOWN CREEK WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Bardstown STP |
| NPDES ID | KY0021237 |
| 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 | Bardstown, KY 40004 |
| Receiving water | TOWN CRK & ROWAN CRK JUNCTION |
| Subwatershed | Rowan Creek-Beech Fork (HUC 051401030305) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
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
- 49Pollutants on file
- 49Under a numeric limit
- 19With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 27 | 23 | May 31, 2021 | 388% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 12 | 24 | 16 | May 31, 2021 | 112% over the limit |
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 1 | 16 | 16 | June 30, 2020 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 14 | 6 | March 31, 2006 | 70% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 7 | 6 | November 30, 2011 | 87% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 3 | 1 | January 31, 2015 | 9% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, gallons/batch | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total dry weight, sludge mt | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total, sludge, percent | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 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 KY0021237.
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.