Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0079359

DWARF CHURCH OF GOD, Dwarf, KY: NPDES KY0079359 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

DWARF CHURCH OF GOD, held by Dwarf Church of God, holds NPDES permit KY0079359, which discharges to Combs Br. EPA’s file records it issued January 24, 2013 and expiring February 28, 2018.

DWARF CHURCH OF GOD, Dwarf, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0079359, held by Dwarf Church of God; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 24, 2013, term to February 28, 2018; discharges to COMBS BR; Religious Organizations.

Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 8 limits, 243 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2003, largest 460% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 178 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2003, largest 99,999% over the limit.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 51 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2006, largest 49% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 177 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2003, largest 133% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 102 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 100 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 64 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli: 2 limits, 64 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 36 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

August 6, 2019: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).

DWARF CHURCH OF GOD among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 5 discharge permits in the Clear Creek-Troublesome Creek subwatershed (HUC 051002010503), KY0079359 among them. Its county holds 49, 1 of them major permits; KY0079359 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Clear Creek-Troublesome Creek subwatershed (HUC 051002010503)

EMMALENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Emmalena: KY0083101, minor permit, discharging to TROUBLESOME CRK, permit term to January 31, 2022
PHOENIX PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, Dwarf: KY0090832, minor permit, discharging to TROUBLESOME CRK / BEAR BR, permit term to January 31, 2012
PHOENIX TOWNHOMES, Dwarf: KY0106861, minor permit, discharging to SAWPIT BR / TRACE BR, permit term to June 30, 2023
ROBINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Ary: KY0093572, minor permit, discharging to TROUBLESOME CRK, permit term to January 31, 2018

Identity

Facility as filed	DWARF CHURCH OF GOD
Permittee as filed	Dwarf Church of God
NPDES ID	KY0079359
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	January 24, 2013
Expiration date	February 28, 2018
Address	Dwarf, KY 41739
Receiving water	COMBS BR
Subwatershed	Clear Creek-Troublesome Creek (HUC 051002010503)
NAICS	813110 – Religious Organizations
SIC	8661 – Religious Organizations

Effluent limits and exceedances

9Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
9With a violation of any kind
4With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	243	9	December 31, 2003	460% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	178	6	June 30, 2003	99,999% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	51	6	June 30, 2006	49% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	177	5	June 30, 2003	133% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	102	0
pH	2	100	0
Chlorine, total residual	2	64	0
E. coli	2	64	0
Coliform, fecal general	0	36	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
August 6, 2019	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KY0079359.

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 KY0079359.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit KY0079359, held by Dwarf Church of God in Dwarf, KY, which discharges to Combs Br within the Clear Creek-Troublesome Creek subwatershed (HUC 051002010503). The page lists the permit as administratively continued, classed as a minor discharger, with 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.