Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0100137
PROGRESS RAIL SERVICES, Covington, KY: NPDES KY0100137 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PROGRESS RAIL SERVICES, held by Progress Rail Services, holds NPDES permit KY0100137, which discharges to Licking River. EPA’s file records it issued January 10, 2018 and expiring February 28, 2023. 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 | PROGRESS RAIL SERVICES |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Progress Rail Services |
| NPDES ID | KY0100137 |
| 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 | January 10, 2018 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2023 |
| Address | Covington, KY 41015 |
| Receiving water | LICKING RIVER |
| Subwatershed | DeCoursey Creek-Licking River (HUC 051001011306) |
| NAICS | 333911 – Pump and Pumping Equipment Manufacturing |
| SIC | 3743 – Railroad Equipment |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler KYR000047191 |
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
- 12Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 | 8 | 141 | 119 | March 31, 2026 | 963% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 66 | 40 | March 31, 2014 | 26,216% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 52 | 36 | December 31, 2025 | 1,280% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 37 | 35 | September 30, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 24 | 10 | June 30, 2013 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 9 | 5 | September 30, 2020 | 17% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 9 | 5 | June 30, 2004 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 20 | 4 | December 31, 2009 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 10 | 4 | December 31, 2025 | 485% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 7 | 1 | June 30, 2009 | 11% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 14 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 8, 2021 | 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.