Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0096008

GF VAUGHAN TOBACCO CO INC, Lexington, KY: NPDES KY0096008 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

GF VAUGHAN TOBACCO CO INC holds NPDES permit KY0096008, which discharges to Town Br. EPA’s file records it issued February 19, 2007 and expiring March 31, 2012.

GF VAUGHAN TOBACCO CO INC, Lexington, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0096008; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued February 19, 2007, term to March 31, 2012; discharges to TOWN BR.

Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 21 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2009, largest 733% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 34 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 26 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 1 limit, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]: 0 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

GF VAUGHAN TOBACCO CO INC among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 74 discharge permits in the Town Branch subwatershed (HUC 051002050902), KY0096008 among them. Its county holds 172, 2 of them major permits; KY0096008 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Town Branch subwatershed (HUC 051002050902)

737 NATIONAL AVE. PARKING LOT CONSTRUCTION, Lexington: KYR10T793, minor permit, discharging to Town Branch, permit term to December 31, 2029
AMAZON.COM.KYDC INC [LEX2], Lexington: KYR004297, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2023
ATS ASPHALT TERMINAL LLC, Lexington: KY0097632, minor permit, discharging to TOWN BR / UT, permit term to July 31, 2018
AVENTICS CORP, Lexington: KYR003332, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2018
BCTC - NEW CL RM BLDG - PHASE 1, Lexington: KYR10T872, minor permit, discharging to Town Branch, permit term to December 31, 2029
BRANDEIS MACHINERY & SUPPLY, Lexington: KYR004587, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028
BRANDEIS MACHINERY & SUPPLY CO, Lexington: KY0101702, minor permit, discharging to TOWN BR, permit term to May 31, 2022
BULK PLANT INC - LEXINGTON, Lexington: KY0042951, minor permit, discharging to TOWN BR, permit term to September 30, 2023
CITATION VILLAGE, Lexington: KYR10U068, minor permit, discharging to Town Branch, permit term to December 31, 2029
COORSTEK - LEXINGTON, Lexington: KYR004709, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028

Identity

Facility as filed	GF VAUGHAN TOBACCO CO INC
Permittee as filed	GF VAUGHAN TOBACCO CO INC
NPDES ID	KY0096008
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	February 19, 2007
Expiration date	March 31, 2012
Address	Lexington, KY 40508
Receiving water	TOWN BR
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Town Branch (HUC 051002050902)

Effluent limits and exceedances

5Pollutants on file
4Under a numeric limit
5With a violation of any kind
1With 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	21	3	January 31, 2009	733% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	34	0
pH	2	26	0
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	1	14	0
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]	0	10	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KY0096008.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KY0096008.

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 KY0096008.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit KY0096008, held by GF VAUGHAN TOBACCO CO INC of Lexington, KY, which discharges to TOWN BR, a receiving water listed as impaired under 303(D), within the Town Branch subwatershed (HUC 051002050902). The permit is listed as administratively continued, a Minor discharger class facility, with 5 pollutants on file, 1 under a numeric limit, 5 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.