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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0034282

WEST HOPKINS ACCELERATED SCHOOL, Nebo, KY: NPDES KY0034282 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WEST HOPKINS ACCELERATED SCHOOL, held by West Hopkins Accelerated School, holds NPDES permit KY0034282, which discharges to Trace Br. EPA’s file records it issued August 3, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023.

WEST HOPKINS ACCELERATED SCHOOL, Nebo, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0034282, held by West Hopkins Accelerated School; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 3, 2018, term to September 30, 2023; discharges to TRACE BR; Elementary and Secondary Schools.

  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 143 violations of any kind, 101 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 2,765% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 70 violations of any kind, 50 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2019, largest 700% over the limit.
  • E. coli: 2 limits, 40 violations of any kind, 34 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2019, largest 99,999% over the limit.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 24 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2025, largest 1,718% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 2 limits, 36 violations of any kind, 16 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2025, largest 150% over the limit.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 11 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2015, largest 82% over the limit.
  • Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2005, largest 100% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2017.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • October 13, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).
  • February 2, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).

WEST HOPKINS ACCELERATED SCHOOL among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Pond Creek-Clear Creek subwatershed (HUC 051402050205), KY0034282 among them. Its county holds 45, 1 of them major permits; KY0034282 is a minor permit.

Identity

Facility as filedWEST HOPKINS ACCELERATED SCHOOL
Permittee as filedWest Hopkins Accelerated School
NPDES IDKY0034282
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 3, 2018
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2023
AddressNebo, KY 42441
Receiving waterTRACE BR
SubwatershedPond Creek-Clear Creek (HUC 051402050205)
NAICS611110 – Elementary and Secondary Schools
SIC8211 – Elementary And Secondary Schools
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler KYR000017863

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4143101June 30, 20262,765% over the limit
Solids, total suspended27050March 31, 2019700% over the limit
E. coli24034September 30, 201999,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual23024June 30, 20251,718% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]23616September 30, 2025150% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1116March 31, 201582% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general084December 31, 2005100% over the limit
pH2122March 31, 2017
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KY0034282.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KY0034282.

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 13, 2026Notice of ViolationState
February 2, 2026Notice of ViolationState

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit KY0034282, held by West Hopkins Accelerated School in Nebo, KY, which discharges to Trace Br within the Pond Creek-Clear Creek subwatershed (HUC 051402050205). The page lists the permit as administratively continued, with 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and records an issue date of August 3, 2018 and an expiration date of September 30, 2023.