Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0095192

KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP, Owensboro, KY: NPDES KY0095192 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP, held by Kimberly-Clark Corp, holds NPDES permit KY0095192, which discharges to Ohio River / Green River. EPA’s file records it issued April 5, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022.

KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP, Owensboro, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0095192, held by Kimberly-Clark Corp; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued April 5, 2017, term to May 31, 2022; discharges to OHIO RIVER / GREEN RIVER.

Solids, total suspended: 10 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2016, largest 884% over the limit.
E. coli: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2016, largest 323% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2010, largest 7% over the limit.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest November 30, 2012, largest 5% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 8 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Toxicity, final conc toxicity units: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 8 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 8 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, settleable: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

February 24, 2026: Sampling (S).

KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Hurricane Slough-Green River subwatershed (HUC 051100050503), KY0095192 among them. Its county holds 104, 5 of them major permits; KY0095192 is a major permit.

Identity

Facility as filed	KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP
Permittee as filed	Kimberly-Clark Corp
NPDES ID	KY0095192
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	April 5, 2017
Expiration date	May 31, 2022
Address	Owensboro, KY 42301
Receiving water	OHIO RIVER / GREEN RIVER
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Hurricane Slough-Green River (HUC 051100050503)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler KYD985080837; ICIS-AIR source KY0000002105900169

Effluent limits and exceedances

11Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
11With 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
Solids, total suspended	10	6	4	May 31, 2016	884% over the limit
E. coli	4	4	4	May 31, 2016	323% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	4	2	January 31, 2010	7% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	2	2	1	November 30, 2012	5% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	8	4	0
Toxicity, final conc toxicity units	2	4	0
pH	8	3	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	8	2	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	2	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	2	0
Solids, settleable	2	2	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KY0095192.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
February 24, 2026	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

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES KY0095192.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit KY0095192, held by KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP in Owensboro, KY, which discharges to Ohio River / Green River and is administratively continued as a Major Discharger class permit. The facts list 10 as the discharger class figure, 4 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.