Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0025844

UNIONTOWN STP, Uniontown, KY: NPDES KY0025844 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
16Pollutants under a numeric limit
7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

UNIONTOWN STP, held by Uniontown STP, holds NPDES permit KY0025844, which discharges to Lost Crk / Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued May 25, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2026.

UNIONTOWN STP, Uniontown, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0025844, held by Uniontown STP; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 25, 2021, term to June 30, 2026; discharges to LOST CRK / OHIO RIVER; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

Solids, total suspended: 6 limits, 395 violations of any kind, 375 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2023, largest 1,136% over the limit.
Solids, suspended percent removal: 1 limit, 55 violations of any kind, 53 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2022, largest 507% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 6 limits, 59 violations of any kind, 35 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2026, largest 129% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, percent removal: 1 limit, 20 violations of any kind, 18 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2022, largest 180% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2016.
E. coli: 2 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 908% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2006, largest 50% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 24 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total recoverable: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, total recoverable: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total recoverable: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total recoverable: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

April 21, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).
February 5, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Kentucky holds 294 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 288 were issued before KY0025844.

Coverages issued nearest KY0025844

January 23, 2021: GREEN COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT #1, Summersville, KY0096881, held by Green County Sanitation District #1
April 8, 2021: CARLISLE STP, Carlisle, KY0020923, held by Carlisle STP
April 8, 2021: PRESTONSBURG STP, Prestonsburg, KY0027413, held by Prestonsburg STP
April 16, 2021: LOUISA STP, Louisa, KY0027961, held by Louisa STP
May 24, 2021: SCIENCE HILL STP, Science Hill, KY0094447, held by Science Hill STP
May 26, 2021: MOUNT OLIVET STP, Mount Olivet, KY0104299, held by Mount Olivet STP
June 1, 2021: VINE GROVE STP, Vine Grove, KY0024988, held by Vine Grove STP
July 8, 2021: KENTUCKY AMERICAN WATER CO - MILLERSBURG, Millersburg, KY0020940, held by Kentucky American Water Co - Millersburg
April 7, 2022: NEW MARION WWTP, Marion, KY0113247, held by New Marion WWTP
May 1, 2024: SHELBYVILLE DRY RUN WWTP, Shelbyville, KY0113409, held by Shelbyville Dry Run WWTP

UNIONTOWN STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 4 discharge permits in the Sibley Creek-Ohio River subwatershed (HUC 051402020705), KY0025844 among them. Its county holds 19, 1 of them major permits; KY0025844 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Sibley Creek-Ohio River subwatershed (HUC 051402020705)

DOZIT CO LANDFILL, Morganfield: KY0094595, minor permit, discharging to SIBLEY CRK, permit term to July 31, 2024
JOHN A. LOGAN COLLEGE, Carterville: IL0076112, minor permit, discharging to CRAB ORCHARD LAKE, permit term to August 31, 2022
OTTER MARSH EXPANSION- HOVEY LAKE, Mount Vernon: INRA13874, minor permit, permit term to May 13, 2029

Identity

Facility as filed	UNIONTOWN STP
Permittee as filed	Uniontown STP
NPDES ID	KY0025844
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	May 25, 2021
Expiration date	June 30, 2026
Address	Uniontown, KY 42461
Receiving water	LOST CRK / OHIO RIVER
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Sibley Creek-Ohio River (HUC 051402020705)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

22Pollutants on file
16Under a numeric limit
15With a violation of any kind
7With 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	6	395	375	June 30, 2023	1,136% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	55	53	July 31, 2022	507% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	6	59	35	March 31, 2026	129% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	1	20	18	February 28, 2022	180% over the limit
pH	2	16	10	November 30, 2016
E. coli	2	7	7	July 31, 2026	908% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	7	1	July 31, 2006	50% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	24	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	12	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	3	0
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]	0	2	0
Zinc, total recoverable	0	2	0
Cadmium, total recoverable	0	2	0
Lead, total recoverable	0	2	0
Copper, total recoverable	0	2	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	6	0	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	4	0	0
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	2	0	0
Oil & Grease	2	0	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total	2	0	0
Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total	2	0	0
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KY0025844.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
February 5, 2026	Evaluation	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
April 21, 2026	Notice of Violation	State

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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES KY0025844, held by Uniontown STP in Uniontown, KY, which discharges to Lost Crk / Ohio River and is administratively continued. The facts list 16 as the count of pollutants under a numeric limit and 7 as the count of pollutants with an effluent exceedance.