Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0054836
BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC - WILSON, Centertown, KY: NPDES KY0054836 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC - WILSON, held by Big Rivers Electric - Wilson, holds NPDES permit KY0054836, which discharges to Green River. EPA’s file records it issued June 17, 2020 and expiring June 30, 2025. 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 | BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC - WILSON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Big Rivers Electric - Wilson |
| NPDES ID | KY0054836 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 17, 2020 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2025 |
| Address | Centertown, KY 42328 |
| Receiving water | GREEN RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Elk Creek-Green River (HUC 051100030505) |
| NAICS | 221111 – Hydroelectric Power Generation |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler KYD012576286; ICIS-AIR source KY0000002118300069 |
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
- 27Pollutants on file
- 19Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 3 | February 28, 2019 | 90% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 3 | 3 | October 31, 2003 | 22% over the limit |
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 1 | 3 | 2 | December 31, 2009 | 626% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 2 | 2 | August 31, 2006 | 20% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 22 | 3 | 1 | February 28, 2002 | 23% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 2 | 1 | February 28, 2003 | 50% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2016 | 12% over the limit |
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 28 | 3 | 0 | ||
| pH | 20 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate [as S] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Metals, total | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxidants, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration of Oxidant Addition | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cooling Water Intake Inspection | 1 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KY0054836.
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.