Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0026883

EMINENCE STP, Eminence, KY: NPDES KY0026883 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
122Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
2Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

EMINENCE STP, held by Eminence STP, holds NPDES permit KY0026883, which discharges to Kentucky River. EPA’s file records it issued February 18, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2025. 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	EMINENCE STP
Permittee as filed	Eminence STP
NPDES ID	KY0026883
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	February 18, 2020
Expiration date	March 31, 2025
Address	Eminence, KY 40019
Receiving water	KENTUCKY RIVER
Subwatershed	Pot Ripple Creek-Kentucky River (HUC 051002051506)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

132Pollutants on file
122Under a numeric limit
26With a violation of any kind
5With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 132 are shown.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	22	10	April 30, 2026	27% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	10	10	March 31, 2009	113% over the limit
E. coli	2	2	2	September 30, 2022	654% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	6	17	1	June 30, 2020	33% over the limit
pH	2	5	1	July 31, 2004
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	6	16	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	10	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	10	8	0
Oil & Grease	6	4	0
Lead, total recoverable	6	4	0
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]	4	4	0
Coliform, fecal general	0	4	0
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method	0	3	0
Annual amt of sludge incinerated	0	3	0
Annual amount of sludge land applied	0	3	0
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill	0	3	0
Copper, total recoverable	8	2	0
Zinc, total recoverable	6	2	0
Cadmium, total recoverable	6	2	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	2	0
Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd]	0	2	0
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]	0	2	0
Lead, dissolved [as Pb]	0	2	0
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]	0	2	0
Toxicity, final conc toxicity units	1	1	0
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	0	1	0
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]	6	0	0
Arsenic, total recoverable	6	0	0
Selenium, total recoverable	6	0	0
Nickel, total recoverable	6	0	0
Silver total recoverable	6	0	0
Chromium, total recoverable	6	0	0
Mercury, total recoverable	6	0	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	6	0	0
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	4	0	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	4	0	0
Chloride [as Cl]	4	0	0
Iron, total recoverable	4	0	0
Phenolics, total	4	0	0
Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable	4	0	0
Thallium, total recoverable	2	0	0
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]	2	0	0
Antimony, total recoverable	2	0	0
Dichlorobromomethane	2	0	0
Carbon tetrachloride	2	0	0
1,2-Dichloroethane	2	0	0
Bromoform	2	0	0
Chloroform	2	0	0
Toluene	2	0	0
Benzene	2	0	0
Acenaphthylene	2	0	0
Acenaphthene	2	0	0
Acrolein	2	0	0
Acrylonitrile	2	0	0
Anthracene	2	0	0
Benzo[k]fluoranthene	2	0	0
Benzo[a]pyrene	2	0	0
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether	2	0	0
Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane	2	0	0
Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether	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

4Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 9, 2025	Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation	ST6
February 8, 2022	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
February 8, 2022	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6
July 12, 2019	Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample	ST6

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 22, 2026	Evaluation	S
April 21, 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
August 4, 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.

Watch this permit

One permit holder, $99/month. Watch the register for one permit holder and the places and receiving waters tied to its permits. Choose “One permit holder” and enter this permit’s NPDES ID, KY0026883.

Start the watch

How we handle your data → Privacy

EPA publishes a free Detailed Facility Report for every permit on ECHO: its compliance status quarter by quarter, its inspections, and its enforcement actions and penalties. EPA also sends free notices of new inspections and enforcement actions through ECHO Notify; enter NPDES ID KY0026883 there.

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit KY0026883 for EMINENCE STP in Eminence, KY, an administratively continued Minor Discharger permit that discharges to the KENTUCKY RIVER in the Pot Ripple Creek-Kentucky River subwatershed (HUC 051002051506). The page lists 132 pollutants on file, 122 under a numeric limit, 26 with a violation of any kind, and 5 with an effluent exceedance.