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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0097161

BOYD SERVICE INC, Catlettsburg, KY: NPDES KY0097161 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BOYD SERVICE INC, held by Boyd Service Inc, holds NPDES permit KY0097161, which discharges to Chadwick Crk. EPA’s file records it issued April 24, 2017 and expiring May 31, 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 filedBOYD SERVICE INC
Permittee as filedBoyd Service Inc
NPDES IDKY0097161
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
IssuedApril 24, 2017
Expiration dateMay 31, 2022
AddressCatlettsburg, KY 41129
Receiving waterCHADWICK CRK
SubwatershedChadwick Creek-Big Sandy River (HUC 050702040406)
NAICS115210 – Support Activities for Animal Production
SIC7699 – Repair Services
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler KYD985081538

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same 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
Chlorine, total residual218270April 30, 201613,718% over the limit
Lead, total recoverable05410April 30, 2010150% over the limit
Oil and grease01015July 31, 2010230% over the limit
Iron, total recoverable033August 31, 2007194% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant21120
pH21100
Solids, total suspended01020
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]01000

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
January 23, 2025Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
May 20, 2024Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 15, 2026EvaluationS
April 2, 2026EvaluationS

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 KY0097161.

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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BOYD SERVICE INC, Catlettsburg, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0097161, held by Boyd Service Inc; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued April 24, 2017, term to May 31, 2022; discharges to CHADWICK CRK; Support Activities for Animal Production.

  • Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 182 violations of any kind, 70 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2016, largest 13,718% over the limit.
  • Lead, total recoverable: 0 limits, 54 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2010, largest 150% over the limit.
  • Oil and grease: 0 limits, 101 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2010, largest 230% over the limit.
  • Iron, total recoverable: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2007, largest 194% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 112 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 2 limits, 110 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 0 limits, 102 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Hardness, total [as CaCO3]: 0 limits, 100 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • October 15, 2026: Evaluation (S).
  • April 2, 2026: Evaluation (S).
  • January 23, 2025: Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation (ST6).
  • May 20, 2024: Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample (ST6).

BOYD SERVICE INC among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 22 discharge permits in the Chadwick Creek-Big Sandy River subwatershed (HUC 050702040406), KY0097161 among them. Its county holds 74, 3 of them major permits; KY0097161 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Chadwick Creek-Big Sandy River subwatershed (HUC 050702040406)

  • AMERICAN ASPHALT OF WV KENOVA, Kenova: WVG612884, minor permit, discharging to Big Sandy River/Ohio River, permit term to March 6, 2030
  • AOC MATERIALS, LLC, Kenova: WV0039969, minor permit, discharging to BIG SANDY RIVER, permit term to March 9, 2025
  • BIRCHWOOD TOWNHOUSES, Catlettsburg: KY0077381, minor permit, discharging to CHADWICH CRK, permit term to July 31, 2023
  • BRETT CRISWELL RESIDENCE, Catlettsburg: KYG405564, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2028
  • BTI CONTRACTING, INC., Kenova: WVG612893, minor permit, discharging to Big Sandy River/Ohio River, permit term to March 6, 2030
  • CAMPBELLS BRANCH LANDFILL, Ashland: KY0070718, minor permit, discharging to CAMPBELLS BR, permit term to November 30, 2024
  • CAROLYN A PRESTON RESIDENCE, Catlettsburg: KYG405813, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2028
  • CATLETTSBURG REFINING LLC, Catlettsburg: KY0000388, major permit, discharging to BIG SANDY RIVER, permit term to September 30, 2022
  • CATLETTSBURG STP, Catlettsburg: KY0035467, minor permit, discharging to BIG SANDY RIVER, permit term to January 31, 2022
  • CITY OF KENOVA, Kenova: WV0035912, minor permit, discharging to OHIO RIVER, permit term to May 27, 2025

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit KY0097161, held by BOYD SERVICE INC of Catlettsburg, KY, which discharges to CHADWICK CRK in the Chadwick Creek-Big Sandy River subwatershed (HUC 050702040406). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor discharger class of 3, 4 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.