Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0087050

SPEARS MHP, Betsy Layne, KY: NPDES KY0087050 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

SPEARS MHP, held by Spears MHP, holds NPDES permit KY0087050, which discharges to Cold Water Br. EPA’s file records it issued March 27, 2012 and expiring April 30, 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	SPEARS MHP
Permittee as filed	Spears MHP
NPDES ID	KY0087050
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	March 27, 2012
Expiration date	April 30, 2017
Address	Betsy Layne, KY 41605
Receiving water	COLD WATER BR
Subwatershed	Prater Creek-Levisa Fork (HUC 050702030203)
NAICS	531190 – Lessors of Other Real Estate Property
SIC	6515 – Mobile Home Site Operators

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

9Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
9With 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	100	50	June 30, 2019	725% over the limit
E. coli	2	24	20	March 31, 2019	99,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	22	20	June 30, 2018	94,445% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	15	14	March 31, 2016	61% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	60	6	June 30, 2018	347% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	60	4	March 31, 2016	274% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	3	3	March 31, 2006	99,999% over the limit
pH	2	3	1	March 31, 2006
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	39	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
May 17, 2018	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
November 30, 2017	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KY0087050.

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 KY0087050.

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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SPEARS MHP, Betsy Layne, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0087050, held by Spears MHP; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 27, 2012, term to April 30, 2017; discharges to COLD WATER BR; Lessors of Other Real Estate Property.

Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 8 limits, 100 violations of any kind, 50 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2019, largest 725% over the limit.
E. coli: 2 limits, 24 violations of any kind, 20 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2019, largest 99,999% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 20 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2018, largest 94,445% over the limit.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 15 violations of any kind, 14 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2016, largest 61% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 60 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2018, largest 347% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 60 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2016, largest 274% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2006, largest 99,999% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest March 31, 2006.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 39 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

May 17, 2018: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
November 30, 2017: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).

SPEARS MHP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 23 discharge permits in the Prater Creek-Levisa Fork subwatershed (HUC 050702030203), KY0087050 among them. Its county holds 112, 0 of them major permits; KY0087050 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Prater Creek-Levisa Fork subwatershed (HUC 050702030203)

BETSY LAYNE DEVELOPMENT CO INC, Betsy Layne: KY0086631, minor permit, discharging to LEVISA FORK / BIG SANDY RIVER, permit term to February 28, 2012
BETSY LAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Stanville: KY0079456, minor permit, discharging to LEVISA FORK, permit term to February 28, 2012
BETSY LAYNE FREEWILL BAPTIST, Betsy Layne: KY0102644, minor permit, discharging to LEVISA FORK / BIG SANDY, permit term to October 31, 2010
BETSY LAYNE HIGH SCHOOL, Betsy Layne: KY0092339, minor permit, discharging to LEVISA FORK, permit term to February 28, 2012
BIG SANDY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Betsy Layne: KY0109258, minor permit, discharging to LEVISA FORK OF THE BIG SANDY RIVER, permit term to January 31, 2024
BRANDEIS MACHINERY & SUPPLY CO, Stanville: KY0076180, minor permit, discharging to MARE CRK, permit term to November 30, 2017
BRANDEIS MACHINERY & SUPPLY CO, Stanville: KYR004614, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
BRIAN & TESSA MULKEY RESIDENCE, Harold: KYG401363, minor permit, discharging to BIG SANDY RIVER, permit term to July 31, 2018
CREEKSIDE VILLAGE APTS, Harold: KY0099716, minor permit, discharging to MUD CRK, permit term to March 31, 2022
DAVID HALL RESIDENCE, Banner: KYG401432, minor permit, discharging to PRATER CRK, permit term to July 31, 2018

Nearby on the register

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

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES KY0087050 for SPEARS MHP in Betsy Layne, KY, which discharges to COLD WATER BR within the Prater Creek-Levisa Fork subwatershed (HUC 050702030203). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, out of 9 pollutants on file.