Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0090352

BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY & HIGH SCHOOL, Buckhorn, KY: NPDES KY0090352 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY & HIGH SCHOOL, held by Buckhorn Elementary & High School, holds NPDES permit KY0090352, which discharges to Squabble Crk. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2018 and expiring May 31, 2023.

BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY & HIGH SCHOOL, Buckhorn, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0090352, held by Buckhorn Elementary & High School; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 1, 2018, term to May 31, 2023; discharges to SQUABBLE CRK.

Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 48 violations of any kind, 38 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2026, largest 327% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 54 violations of any kind, 36 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2026, largest 408% over the limit.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 16 violations of any kind, 14 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2026, largest 54% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 1996, largest 99,999% over the limit.
E. coli: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2025, largest 24,900% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2025, largest 991% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 2 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 1995, largest 93% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 1998.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

July 28, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).
February 16, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
April 4, 2018: Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit (ST6).

BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY & HIGH SCHOOL among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 5 discharge permits in the Squabble Creek-Middle Fork Kentucky River subwatershed (HUC 051002020401), KY0090352 among them. Its county holds 49, 1 of them major permits; KY0090352 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Squabble Creek-Middle Fork Kentucky River subwatershed (HUC 051002020401)

BUCKHORN CHILDREN CENTER, Buckhorn: KY0082945, minor permit, discharging to SQUABBLE CRK, permit term to November 30, 2022
BUCKHORN WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Buckhorn: KYG640204, minor permit, discharging to Middle Fork Kentucky River, permit term to December 31, 2028
BUCKHORN WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Buckhorn: KYR10U224, minor permit, discharging to Middle Fork Kentucky River, permit term to December 31, 2029
CEDAR POINT, Buckhorn: KY0105058, minor permit, discharging to MIDDLE FORK / KENTUCKY RIVER, permit term to November 30, 2017

Identity

Facility as filed	BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY & HIGH SCHOOL
Permittee as filed	Buckhorn Elementary & High School
NPDES ID	KY0090352
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 1, 2018
Expiration date	May 31, 2023
Address	Buckhorn, KY 41721
Receiving water	SQUABBLE CRK
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Squabble Creek-Middle Fork Kentucky River (HUC 051002020401)

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
Solids, total suspended	2	48	38	March 31, 2026	327% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	54	36	March 31, 2026	408% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	16	14	March 31, 2026	54% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	7	7	June 30, 1996	99,999% over the limit
E. coli	2	10	6	June 30, 2025	24,900% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	8	4	March 31, 2025	991% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	2	13	3	December 31, 1995	93% over the limit
pH	2	7	1	June 30, 1998
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	5	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
April 4, 2018	Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit	ST6

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
February 16, 2026	Reconnaissance without Sampling	S

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

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 28, 2026	Notice of Violation	State

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES KY0090352, held by Buckhorn Elementary & High School in Buckhorn, KY, which discharges to Squabble Crk and is administratively continued. The page lists 8 pollutants under a numeric limit, 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 9 pollutants on file, with the permit issued May 1, 2018 and expiring May 31, 2023.