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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0075337

HOPE HILL CHILDRENS HOME, Hope, KY: NPDES KY0075337 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HOPE HILL CHILDRENS HOME, held by Hope Hill Childrens Home, holds NPDES permit KY0075337, which discharges to Salt Well Br. EPA’s file records it issued July 12, 2019 and expiring August 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 filedHOPE HILL CHILDRENS HOME
Permittee as filedHope Hill Childrens Home
NPDES IDKY0075337
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, 2019
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2024
AddressHope, KY 40334
Receiving waterSALT WELL BR
SubwatershedSpencer Creek-Slate Creek (HUC 051001010703)
NAICS624410 – Child Care Services
SIC8351 – Child Day Care Services

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

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]46317September 30, 2013850% over the limit
Solids, total suspended23313March 31, 2018293% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual24212June 30, 20186,082% over the limit
E. coli22012March 31, 20182,900% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1148June 30, 201931% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]2317June 30, 2026233% over the limit
pH2184June 30, 2016
Coliform, fecal general084March 31, 200899,999% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2160

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 29, 2025Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
July 25, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
July 25, 2024Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES KY0075337, held by Hope Hill Childrens Home in Hope, KY, which discharges to Salt Well Br within the Spencer Creek-Slate Creek subwatershed (HUC 051001010703). The page lists the permit as administratively continued, with a minor discharger class, 8 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.