Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0079421
MCDOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Mcdowell, KY: NPDES KY0079421 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MCDOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, held by McDowell Elementary School, holds NPDES permit KY0079421, which discharges to Frasure Crk. EPA’s file records it issued November 14, 2012 and expiring December 31, 2017. 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 | MCDOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | McDowell Elementary School |
| NPDES ID | KY0079421 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 14, 2012 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2017 |
| Address | Mcdowell, KY 41647 |
| Receiving water | FRASURE CRK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower Left Fork Beaver Creek-Beaver Creek (HUC 050702030105) |
| 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
- 11Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | 99 | 11 | March 31, 2012 | 367% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 98 | 6 | March 31, 2016 | 84% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 97 | 5 | March 31, 2016 | 131% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 33 | 5 | December 31, 2015 | 367% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 16 | 2 | June 30, 1993 | 11% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 8 | 2 | June 30, 2014 | 1,105% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 1993 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 29 | 1 | December 31, 2014 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 9, 2017 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | 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.