Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0079162

COLSON HEADSTART, Whitesburg, KY: NPDES KY0079162 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

COLSON HEADSTART, held by BECKHAM BATES ELEM SCHOOL, holds NPDES permit KY0079162, which discharges to North Fork. EPA’s file records it issued November 30, 2006 and expiring December 31, 2011.

COLSON HEADSTART, Whitesburg, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0079162, held by BECKHAM BATES ELEM SCHOOL; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued November 30, 2006, term to December 31, 2011; discharges to NORTH FORK.

Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 14 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2012, largest 45,355% over the limit.
E. coli: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2012, largest 12,400% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2008, largest 183% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 4 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2008, largest 23% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2007, largest 125% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

COLSON HEADSTART among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Upper Rockhouse Creek subwatershed (HUC 051002010106), KY0079162 among them. Its county holds 68, 0 of them major permits; KY0079162 is a minor permit.

Identity

Facility as filed	COLSON HEADSTART
Permittee as filed	BECKHAM BATES ELEM SCHOOL
NPDES ID	KY0079162
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	November 30, 2006
Expiration date	December 31, 2011
Address	Whitesburg, KY 41777
Receiving water	NORTH FORK
Subwatershed	Upper Rockhouse Creek (HUC 051002010106)

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
5With 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
Chlorine, total residual	2	16	14	March 31, 2012	45,355% over the limit
E. coli	2	10	8	September 30, 2012	12,400% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	11	7	December 31, 2008	183% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	4	6	2	December 31, 2008	23% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	6	2	March 31, 2007	125% over the limit
pH	2	2	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	2	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	1	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KY0079162.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KY0079162.

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 KY0079162.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit KY0079162, held by COLSON HEADSTART in Whitesburg, KY, which discharges to North Fork in the Upper Rockhouse Creek subwatershed (HUC 051002010106). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class, 8 pollutants on file, 8 under a numeric limit, and 5 with an effluent exceedance.