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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0096865

GIBBS DIE CASTING CORP, Henderson, KY: NPDES KY0096865 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GIBBS DIE CASTING CORP, held by Gibbs Die Casting Corp, holds NPDES permit KY0096865, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued February 9, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2021. 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 filedGIBBS DIE CASTING CORP
Permittee as filedGibbs Die Casting Corp
NPDES IDKY0096865
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 9, 2016
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2021
AddressHenderson, KY 42420
Receiving waterOHIO RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedWilson Creek-Canoe Creek (HUC 051402020405)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler KYD049946627

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended10467167January 31, 20262,353% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable615648May 31, 2026567% over the limit
pH1033613January 31, 2007
Oil and grease03195January 31, 2016240% over the limit
Oil & Grease10251April 30, 201613% over the limit
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]63400
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant103340
Precipitation volume03160
Metals, total02320
Aluminum, total recoverable0920
Copper, total recoverable4600

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
July 16, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
April 29, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES KY0096865, held by Gibbs Die Casting Corp of Henderson, KY, which discharges to the Ohio River and is administratively continued past its expiration date. The page lists 7 for the discharger class, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.