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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0076139

NORTHERN KENTUCKY SADDLE CLUB, Melbourne, KY: NPDES KY0076139 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NORTHERN KENTUCKY SADDLE CLUB, held by Northern Kentucky Saddle Club, holds NPDES permit KY0076139, which discharges to Four Mile Crk. EPA’s file records it issued June 26, 2018 and expiring July 31, 2023.

NORTHERN KENTUCKY SADDLE CLUB, Melbourne, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0076139, held by Northern Kentucky Saddle Club; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 26, 2018, term to July 31, 2023; discharges to FOUR MILE CRK; Horses and Other Equine Production.

  • Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 46 violations of any kind, 30 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2014, largest 3,536% over the limit.
  • E. coli: 2 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 14 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2014, largest 262% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 91 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2015, largest 190% over the limit.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 21 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2009, largest 17% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 2 limits, 64 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2019, largest 150% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 57 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2017, largest 100% over the limit.
  • Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 17 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2006, largest 120% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 28 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 28 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil & Grease: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • May 11, 2026: Evaluation (S).
  • May 14, 2025: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
  • February 19, 2019: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
  • July 18, 2017: Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records (ST6).
  • July 18, 2017: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

NORTHERN KENTUCKY SADDLE CLUB among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 31 discharge permits in the Fourmile Creek subwatershed (HUC 050902011207), KY0076139 among them. Its county holds 126, 1 of them major permits; KY0076139 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Fourmile Creek subwatershed (HUC 050902011207)

Identity

Facility as filedNORTHERN KENTUCKY SADDLE CLUB
Permittee as filedNorthern Kentucky Saddle Club
NPDES IDKY0076139
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
IssuedJune 26, 2018
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2023
AddressMelbourne, KY 41059
Receiving waterFOUR MILE CRK
SubwatershedFourmile Creek (HUC 050902011207)
NAICS112920 – Horses and Other Equine Production
SIC0272 – Horses And Other Equines

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
Chlorine, total residual24630September 30, 20143,536% over the limit
E. coli23014June 30, 2014262% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4917June 30, 2015190% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1217September 30, 200917% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]2646June 30, 2019150% over the limit
Solids, total suspended2573September 30, 2017100% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general0173December 31, 2006120% over the limit
pH2280
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2280
Oil & Grease020

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 14, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
February 19, 2019Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
July 18, 2017Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
July 18, 2017Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 11, 2026EvaluationS

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 KY0076139.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES KY0076139, held by NORTHERN KENTUCKY SADDLE CLUB in Melbourne, KY, which discharges to Four Mile Crk in the Fourmile Creek subwatershed (HUC 050902011207). The permit is listed as administratively continued, a Minor Discharger class, with 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.