Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0090816
FORDS BRANCH LANDFILL, Meta, KY: NPDES KY0090816 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 1Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
FORDS BRANCH LANDFILL, held by Fords Branch Landfill, holds NPDES permit KY0090816, which discharges to Fords Br / Johns Crk. EPA’s file records it issued May 4, 2018 and expiring June 30, 2023. 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 | FORDS BRANCH LANDFILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Fords Branch Landfill |
| NPDES ID | KY0090816 |
| 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 4, 2018 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2023 |
| Address | Meta, KY 41501 |
| Receiving water | FORDS BR / JOHNS CRK |
| Subwatershed | Raccoon Creek-Johns Creek (HUC 050702030302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 20With 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 | 1 | 64 | 50 | July 31, 2022 | 3,610% over the limit |
| Iron, total recoverable | 2 | 59 | 44 | June 30, 2025 | 1,214% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 22 | 16 | September 30, 2017 | 1,329% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 5 | September 30, 2017 | 666% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 10 | 5 | December 31, 2012 | 194% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 3 | December 31, 2015 | 64% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 3 | April 30, 2013 | 179% over the limit |
| Silver total recoverable | 0 | 7 | 3 | July 31, 2015 | 1,089% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total purgeable halocarbons | 0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| September 16, 2026 | Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice Deficiencies | ST6 |
| March 1, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| May 24, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| May 24, 2022 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| October 27, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| October 27, 2021 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 16, 2026 | Evaluation | 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
EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES KY0090816.
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.