Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0081892

MINING MACHINERY, Ashland, KY: NPDES KY0081892 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

MINING MACHINERY, held by Mining Machinery, holds NPDES permit KY0081892, which discharges to Little Sandy River / East Fork. EPA’s file records it issued May 21, 2018 and expiring June 30, 2023. 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	MINING MACHINERY
Permittee as filed	Mining Machinery
NPDES ID	KY0081892
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	May 21, 2018
Expiration date	June 30, 2023
Address	Ashland, KY 41102
Receiving water	LITTLE SANDY RIVER / EAST FORK
Subwatershed	Shope Creek-East Fork Little Sandy River (HUC 050901040404)
NAICS	531120 – Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings [except Miniwarehouses]
SIC	6512 – Nonresidential Building Operators
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler KYR000004937

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

6Pollutants on file
4Under a numeric limit
6With 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
Solids, total suspended	2	262	76	November 30, 2020	6,187% over the limit
Oil and grease	0	187	19	September 30, 2016	228% over the limit
pH	2	195	9	February 28, 2017
Oil & Grease	2	22	2	February 29, 2020	54% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	186	0
Surfactants [MBAS]	0	98	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

6Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
May 16, 2024	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6
December 3, 2020	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
December 6, 2019	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
December 6, 2019	Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation	ST6
December 6, 2019	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6
June 14, 2017	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KY0081892.

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 KY0081892.

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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MINING MACHINERY, Ashland, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0081892, held by Mining Machinery; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 21, 2018, term to June 30, 2023; discharges to LITTLE SANDY RIVER / EAST FORK; Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings [except Miniwarehouses].

Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 262 violations of any kind, 76 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2020, largest 6,187% over the limit.
Oil and grease: 0 limits, 187 violations of any kind, 19 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2016, largest 228% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 195 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2017.
Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest February 29, 2020, largest 54% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 186 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Surfactants [MBAS]: 0 limits, 98 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

May 16, 2024: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
December 3, 2020: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
December 6, 2019: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
December 6, 2019: Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation (ST6).
December 6, 2019: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
June 14, 2017: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

MINING MACHINERY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 14 discharge permits in the Shope Creek-East Fork Little Sandy River subwatershed (HUC 050901040404), KY0081892 among them. Its county holds 74, 3 of them major permits; KY0081892 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Shope Creek-East Fork Little Sandy River subwatershed (HUC 050901040404)

BOURBON CREEK ESTATES, Ashland: KYR10T172, minor permit, discharging to Marsh Run, permit term to December 31, 2029
BOYD CO ROAD DEPT, Ashland: KY0112704, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2024
BOYD CO STATE MAINTENACE GARAGE, Ashland: KYR004646, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
CAMP LANDING LIFT STATION REPLACEMENT, Ashland: KYR10T601, minor permit, discharging to East Fork Little Sandy River, permit term to December 31, 2029
JEFF & ALICE WILSON RESIDENCE, Catlettsburg: KYG405495, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2028
JOHN RECTOR RESIDENCE, Ashland: KYG405206, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2028
JOSH GAIDO RESIDENCE, Catlettsburg: KYG405344, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2028
KAYLA OSBORNE RESIDENCE, Catlettsburg: KYG405289, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2028
MIKE & MIA DAVIS RESIDENCE, Catlettsburg: KYG405384, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2028
PAUL COFFEY BLVD ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION, Cannonsburg: KYR10U572, minor permit, discharging to East Fork Little Sandy River, permit term to December 31, 2029

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit KY0081892, held by Mining Machinery for a facility in Ashland, KY, which discharges to the Little Sandy River / East Fork within the Shope Creek-East Fork Little Sandy River watershed (HUC 050901040404). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 4 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance.