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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0100251

LEDBETTER SANITATION DISTRICT #1, Ledbetter, KY: NPDES KY0100251 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LEDBETTER SANITATION DISTRICT #1, held by Ledbetter Sanitation District #1, holds NPDES permit KY0100251, which discharges to Tennessee River. EPA’s file records it issued February 17, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2021. 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 filedLEDBETTER SANITATION DISTRICT #1
Permittee as filedLedbetter Sanitation District #1
NPDES IDKY0100251
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 17, 2016
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2021
AddressLedbetter, KY 42058
Receiving waterTENNESSEE RIVER
SubwatershedWhite Oak Creek-Tennessee River (HUC 060400060505)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 122 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, suspended percent removal16742June 30, 202599,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended627121June 30, 2025300% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal15621March 31, 2020833% over the limit
E. coli24721February 28, 2025908% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C62649April 30, 202576% over the limit
Toxicity, final conc toxicity units1109September 30, 2019621% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]42334February 28, 2025116% over the limit
pH2702August 31, 2001
Coliform, fecal general0502October 31, 200199,999% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant41360
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1330
Phosphorus, total [as P]4280
Nitrogen, total [as N]2220
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]280
Zinc, total recoverable280
Cadmium, total recoverable280
Lead, total recoverable280
Copper, total recoverable280
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit260
Oil & Grease260
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total260
Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total260
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]260
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]240
Arsenic, total recoverable240
Selenium, total recoverable240
Thallium, total recoverable240
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]240
Nickel, total recoverable240
Silver total recoverable240
Chromium, total recoverable240
Antimony, total recoverable240
Dichlorobromomethane240
Carbon tetrachloride240
1,2-Dichloroethane240
Bromoform240
Chloroform240
Toluene240
Benzene240
Acenaphthylene240
Acenaphthene240
Acrolein240
Acrylonitrile240
Anthracene240
Benzo[k]fluoranthene240
Benzo[a]pyrene240
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether240
Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane240
Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether240
Butyl benzyl phthalate240
Chlorobenzene240
Chlorodibromomethane240
Chrysene240
Diethyl phthalate240
Dimethyl phthalate240
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine240
Ethylbenzene240
Fluoranthene240
Fluorene240
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene240

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
August 2, 2018Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
April 17, 2018Pretreatment - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR)ST6
August 15, 2017Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KY0100251.

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 KY0100251.

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 KY0100251, held by Ledbetter Sanitation District #1 of Ledbetter, KY, which discharges to the Tennessee River. The permit is administratively continued, with 117 for the discharger class and 9 pollutants under a numeric limit, of which 9 show an effluent exceedance.