Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0074969

FARMGATE WWTP, Frankfort, KY: NPDES KY0074969 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

FARMGATE WWTP, held by Farmgate WWTP, holds NPDES permit KY0074969, which discharges to South Benson Crk / Ut / Ut. EPA’s file records it issued February 6, 2019 and expiring March 31, 2024. 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	FARMGATE WWTP
Permittee as filed	Farmgate WWTP
NPDES ID	KY0074969
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	February 6, 2019
Expiration date	March 31, 2024
Address	Frankfort, KY 40601
Receiving water	SOUTH BENSON CRK / UT / UT
Subwatershed	South Benson Creek (HUC 051002051004)
NAICS	237210 – Land Subdivision
SIC	6552 – Subdividers And Developers

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

Effluent limits and exceedances

10Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
10With a violation of any kind
8With 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
E. coli	2	251	219	July 31, 2026	99,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	243	213	July 31, 2026	47,173% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	145	118	July 31, 2026	81% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	196	102	July 31, 2026	2,515% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	2	200	98	May 31, 2026	4,707% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	2	152	58	May 31, 2026	17,633% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	33	11	June 30, 2007	99,999% over the limit
pH	2	60	7	October 31, 2025
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	50	0
Oil & Grease	0	2	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

6Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
March 30, 2021	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
March 30, 2021	Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation	ST6
March 22, 2019	Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation	ST6
May 22, 2018	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6
May 22, 2018	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
February 17, 2017	Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation	ST6

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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This public-records page covers the NPDES KY0074969 Clean Water Act discharge permit held by Farmgate WWTP for FARMGATE WWTP in Frankfort, KY, which discharges to South Benson Crk / Ut / Ut and is listed as administratively continued. The page lists 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit recorded as issued February 6, 2019 and expiring March 31, 2024.