Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0096580

BRANHAM HEIGHTS TREATMENT PLANT, Shelbiana, KY: NPDES KY0096580 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

BRANHAM HEIGHTS TREATMENT PLANT, held by Branham Heights Treatment Plant, holds NPDES permit KY0096580, which discharges to Shelby Crk. EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2022. 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	BRANHAM HEIGHTS TREATMENT PLANT
Permittee as filed	Branham Heights Treatment Plant
NPDES ID	KY0096580
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
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	June 1, 2017
Expiration date	June 30, 2022
Address	Shelbiana, KY 41502
Receiving water	SHELBY CRK
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Lower Shelby Creek (HUC 050702020605)
NAICS	237210 – Land Subdivision
SIC	6552 – Subdividers And Developers

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

8Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
4With 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	2	10	10	September 30, 2007	50% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	4	4	June 30, 2013	43% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	4	4	March 31, 2007	8% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	1	1	March 31, 2007	36% over the limit
pH	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0
E. coli	2	0	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	0	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

2Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 2, 2026	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
February 18, 2026	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 page covers NPDES permit KY0096580 for the Branham Heights Treatment Plant in Shelbiana, KY, which discharges to Shelby Crk and is administratively continued as a minor discharger. The permit lists 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.