Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0079201

LETCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Jeremiah, KY: NPDES KY0079201 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

LETCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, held by Letcher Elementary School, holds NPDES permit KY0079201, which discharges to Rockhouse Crk. EPA’s file records it issued April 19, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022. 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	LETCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Permittee as filed	Letcher Elementary School
NPDES ID	KY0079201
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	April 19, 2017
Expiration date	May 31, 2022
Address	Jeremiah, KY 41826
Receiving water	ROCKHOUSE CRK
NAICS	611110 – Elementary and Secondary Schools
SIC	8211 – Elementary And Secondary Schools

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

9Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
9With a violation of any kind
7With 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
Solids, total suspended	2	54	33	March 31, 2026	527% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	24	16	June 30, 2014	45,355% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	35	14	March 31, 2024	141% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	39	12	March 31, 2025	333% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	13	9	December 31, 1992	99,999% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	8	5	June 30, 2013	97% over the limit
E. coli	2	7	5	September 30, 2012	908% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	16	0
pH	2	6	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

2Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
December 3, 2024	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
September 10, 2020	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit KY0079201, held by Letcher Elementary School in Jeremiah, KY, which discharges to Rockhouse Crk. The page lists 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, out of 9 pollutants on file.