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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0080845

GREAT OAKS WWTF, Paducah, KY: NPDES KY0080845 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GREAT OAKS WWTF, held by Great Oaks WWTF, holds NPDES permit KY0080845, which discharges to Blizzard Pond / Drainage Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued March 9, 2020 and expiring April 30, 2025. 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 filedGREAT OAKS WWTF
Permittee as filedGreat Oaks WWTF
NPDES IDKY0080845
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 9, 2020
Expiration dateApril 30, 2025
AddressPaducah, KY 42001
Receiving waterBLIZZARD POND / DRAINAGE DITCH
SubwatershedBlizzard Ponds (HUC 060400060304)
NAICS237210 – Land Subdivision
SIC6552 – Subdividers And Developers

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

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
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]2188124January 31, 20241,000% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]111498August 31, 202171% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual210472September 30, 202199,999% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]412056July 31, 2020563% over the limit
Solids, total suspended212056January 31, 2024737% over the limit
E. coli26129March 31, 202346,054% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general01110July 31, 200699,999% over the limit
pH2352February 28, 2003
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2340

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

The newest 50 of 54.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 8, 2026Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 8, 2026Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
June 8, 2026Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
March 6, 2023Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
March 6, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
November 12, 2019Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
November 12, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
November 12, 2019Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
July 9, 2019Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
July 9, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
July 9, 2019Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
July 9, 2019Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
June 19, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 19, 2019Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
June 19, 2019Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
June 19, 2019Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
June 7, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 7, 2019Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
June 7, 2019Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
June 7, 2019Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
May 7, 2019Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
May 7, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
May 7, 2019Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
April 4, 2019Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
April 4, 2019Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
April 4, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
December 4, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
December 4, 2018Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
September 19, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
August 17, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
July 5, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 21, 2018Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
June 4, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 4, 2018Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
May 22, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
May 22, 2018Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
May 22, 2018Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
May 7, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
May 7, 2018Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
May 7, 2018Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
April 25, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 25, 2018Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
April 25, 2018Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
April 16, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 16, 2018Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
April 16, 2018Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
September 22, 2017Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
September 22, 2017Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
September 22, 2017Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
August 2, 2017Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit KY0080845 held by Great Oaks WWTF in Paducah, KY, which discharges to Blizzard Pond / Drainage Ditch within the Blizzard Ponds watershed (HUC 060400060304). The permit is administratively continued and is listed as a Minor Discharger class, with 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.