Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0084093
GENERAL SHALE BRICK INC - PLANT 38, Fairdale, KY: NPDES KY0084093 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GENERAL SHALE BRICK INC - PLANT 38, held by General Shale Brick Inc - Plant 38, holds NPDES permit KY0084093, which discharges to Wilson Crk. EPA’s file records it issued November 15, 2012 and expiring March 30, 2018. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | GENERAL SHALE BRICK INC - PLANT 38 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | General Shale Brick Inc - Plant 38 |
| NPDES ID | KY0084093 |
| 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 | November 15, 2012 |
| Expiration date | March 30, 2018 |
| Address | Fairdale, KY 40118 |
| Receiving water | WILSON CRK |
| Subwatershed | Upper Southern Ditch (HUC 051401021202) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler KYR000067454 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 68 | 36 | December 31, 2008 | 2,245% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 25 | 17 | December 31, 2008 | 1,267% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 14 | 14 | June 30, 2018 | 3,809% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 21 | 13 | June 30, 2018 | 935% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 9 | 6 | June 30, 2018 | 51% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 10 | 4 | March 31, 2005 | 99,999% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2018 | 889% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| June 7, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| June 7, 2019 | 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 September 15, 2026.