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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0027201

USCOE - CARR CREEK LAKE LITTCARR, Littcarr, KY: NPDES KY0027201 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

USCOE - CARR CREEK LAKE LITTCARR, held by USCOE - Carr Creek Lake Littcarr, holds NPDES permit KY0027201, which discharges to Carr Creek Lake. EPA’s file records it issued June 5, 2018 and expiring July 31, 2023.

USCOE - CARR CREEK LAKE LITTCARR, Littcarr, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0027201, held by USCOE - Carr Creek Lake Littcarr; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 5, 2018, term to July 31, 2023; discharges to CARR CREEK LAKE; Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs.

  • Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 11 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2006, largest 9,500% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 57 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2010, largest 260% over the limit.
  • E. coli: 2 limits, 31 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2022, largest 46,054% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 2 limits, 58 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2022, largest 74% over the limit.
  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 53 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2007, largest 27% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 28 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 26 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • October 16, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
  • June 4, 2019: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

USCOE - CARR CREEK LAKE LITTCARR among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 4 discharge permits in the Little Carr Fork-Carr Fork subwatershed (HUC 051002010202), KY0027201 among them. Its county holds 26, 0 of them major permits; KY0027201 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Little Carr Fork-Carr Fork subwatershed (HUC 051002010202)

Identity

Facility as filedUSCOE - CARR CREEK LAKE LITTCARR
Permittee as filedUSCOE - Carr Creek Lake Littcarr
NPDES IDKY0027201
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeFederal facility
IssuedJune 5, 2018
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2023
AddressLittcarr, KY 41834
Receiving waterCARR CREEK LAKE
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLittle Carr Fork-Carr Fork (HUC 051002010202)
NAICS924110 – Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs
SIC9511 – Air, Water, & Solid Waste Management

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Coliform, fecal general01311July 31, 20069,500% over the limit
Solids, total suspended2575August 31, 2010260% over the limit
E. coli2315June 30, 202246,054% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2584June 30, 202274% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2531July 31, 200727% over the limit
pH2280
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2260
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1130

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 4, 2019Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 16, 2026Reconnaissance without SamplingS

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

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES KY0027201.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES KY0027201, held by USCOE - Carr Creek Lake Littcarr at Littcarr, KY, which discharges to Carr Creek Lake and is administratively continued as a minor discharger. The page lists 5 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue and expiration dates as filed in EPA's permit file.