Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0090841

KY DOP COLUMBUS BELMONT STATE PARK, Columbus, KY: NPDES KY0090841 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

KY DOP COLUMBUS BELMONT STATE PARK, held by KY DOP Columbus Belmont State Park, holds NPDES permit KY0090841, which discharges to Mississippi River. EPA’s file records it issued September 4, 2019 and expiring October 31, 2024. 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	KY DOP COLUMBUS BELMONT STATE PARK
Permittee as filed	KY DOP Columbus Belmont State Park
NPDES ID	KY0090841
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	September 4, 2019
Expiration date	October 31, 2024
Address	Columbus, KY 42032
Receiving water	MISSISSIPPI RIVER
Subwatershed	Wolf Island (HUC 080101000202)
NAICS	487110 – Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land
SIC	7999 – Amusement And Recreation

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
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
E. coli	2	29	15	September 30, 2017	3,622% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	2	32	8	September 30, 2012	253% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	26	2	December 31, 2014	53% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	1	1	March 31, 2008	25% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	28	0
Chlorine, total residual	2	14	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	13	0
pH	2	12	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	7	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

3Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
June 2, 2020	Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified Operator	ST6
April 19, 2017	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6
April 19, 2017	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	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 October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit KY0090841, held by KY DOP Columbus Belmont State Park and discharging to the Mississippi River in the Wolf Island subwatershed (HUC 080101000202). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 4 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.