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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0073172

KENTUCKY PETROLEUM WASTE INC, Louisville, KY: NPDES KY0073172 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

KENTUCKY PETROLEUM WASTE INC, held by KY PETROLEUM WASTE INC, holds NPDES permit KY0073172, which discharges to North Ditch / Pond Crk. EPA’s file records it issued June 25, 2010 and expiring July 31, 2015.

KENTUCKY PETROLEUM WASTE INC, Louisville, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0073172, held by KY PETROLEUM WASTE INC; Effective; issued June 25, 2010, term to July 31, 2015; discharges to NORTH DITCH / POND CRK.

  • Oil and grease: 2 limits, 159 violations of any kind, 61 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2014, largest 900% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 141 violations of any kind, 13 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2019.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 135 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2020, largest 150% over the limit.
  • Oil & Grease: 0 limits, 32 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2019, largest 10% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 150 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Hardness, total [as CaCO3]: 2 limits, 98 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Precipitation volume: 2 limits, 98 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • September 11, 2017: Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample (ST6).

KENTUCKY PETROLEUM WASTE INC among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 52 discharge permits in the Northern Ditch subwatershed (HUC 051401021201), KY0073172 among them. Its county holds 625, 10 of them major permits; KY0073172 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Northern Ditch subwatershed (HUC 051401021201)

Identity

Facility as filedKENTUCKY PETROLEUM WASTE INC
Permittee as filedKY PETROLEUM WASTE INC
NPDES IDKY0073172
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 25, 2010
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2015
AddressLouisville, KY 40213
Receiving waterNORTH DITCH / POND CRK
SubwatershedNorthern Ditch (HUC 051401021201)

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
Oil and grease215961February 28, 2014900% over the limit
pH214113October 31, 2019
Solids, total suspended21357April 30, 2020150% over the limit
Oil & Grease0322June 30, 201910% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant21500
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]2980
Precipitation volume2980

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 11, 2017Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KY0073172.

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 KY0073172.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit KY0073172, held by KENTUCKY PETROLEUM WASTE INC of Louisville, KY, which discharges to North Ditch / Pond Crk in the Northern Ditch subwatershed (HUC 051401021201). The permit is listed as Effective and as a Minor Discharger, with 6 pollutants under a numeric limit, 7 pollutants on file, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.