Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0053783
JEFFERSON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER PLANT, Louisville, KY: NPDES KY0053783 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
JEFFERSON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER PLANT, held by JEFFERSON CO MEDICAL CTR PLT, holds NPDES permit KY0053783, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued September 24, 2007 and expiring October 31, 2012. 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 | JEFFERSON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | JEFFERSON CO MEDICAL CTR PLT |
| NPDES ID | KY0053783 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 24, 2007 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2012 |
| Address | Louisville, KY 40202 |
| Receiving water | OHIO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Fall Run-Ohio River (HUC 051401010904) |
| NAICS | 622110 – General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
| SIC | 8062 – General Medical & Surgical Hospitals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source KYJFC0002111100148 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 165 | 19 | February 29, 2012 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 93 | 18 | November 30, 2012 | 584% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 165 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 108 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 71 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 31 | 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 KY0053783.
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.