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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0074748

CHALLENGE RICHMOND LLC, Richmond, KY: NPDES KY0074748 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CHALLENGE RICHMOND LLC, held by Challenge Richmond LLC, holds NPDES permit KY0074748, which discharges to Harts Fork. EPA’s file records it issued July 12, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023.

CHALLENGE RICHMOND LLC, Richmond, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0074748, held by Challenge Richmond LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 12, 2018, term to August 31, 2023; discharges to HARTS FORK; Powder Metallurgy Part Manufacturing.

  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 170 violations of any kind, 76 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2022, largest 3,700% over the limit.
  • Zinc, total recoverable: 2 limits, 155 violations of any kind, 65 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2025, largest 1,908% over the limit.
  • Oil and grease: 0 limits, 70 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2011, largest 870% over the limit.
  • Copper, total recoverable: 0 limits, 36 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2012, largest 122,900% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 132 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2022.
  • Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 33 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2023, largest 228% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 171 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Hardness, total [as CaCO3]: 2 limits, 90 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Lead, total recoverable: 0 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • July 30, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).
  • January 26, 2017: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

CHALLENGE RICHMOND LLC among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 29 discharge permits in the Hays Fork-Silver Creek subwatershed (HUC 051002050202), KY0074748 among them. Its county holds 126, 4 of them major permits; KY0074748 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Hays Fork-Silver Creek subwatershed (HUC 051002050202)

Identity

Facility as filedCHALLENGE RICHMOND LLC
Permittee as filedChallenge Richmond LLC
NPDES IDKY0074748
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
IssuedJuly 12, 2018
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2023
AddressRichmond, KY 40475
Receiving waterHARTS FORK
SubwatershedHays Fork-Silver Creek (HUC 051002050202)
NAICS332117 – Powder Metallurgy Part Manufacturing
SIC3499 – Fabricated Metal Products
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler KYR000028407

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
Solids, total suspended217076January 31, 20223,700% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable215565October 31, 20251,908% over the limit
Oil and grease07010May 31, 2011870% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable0368January 31, 2012122,900% over the limit
pH21327December 31, 2022
Oil & Grease2333July 31, 2023228% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant21710
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]2900
Lead, total recoverable0160

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 26, 2017Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KY0074748.

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
July 30, 2026Notice of ViolationState

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES KY0074748, held by Challenge Richmond LLC of Richmond, KY, which discharges to Harts Fork in the Hays Fork-Silver Creek subwatershed (HUC 051002050202). The page lists the permit as administratively continued, classed as a Minor Discharger, with 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.