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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0100773

AMERICAN RIVER TRANSPORTATION CO, Henderson, KY: NPDES KY0100773 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

AMERICAN RIVER TRANSPORTATION CO, held by American River Transportation Co, holds NPDES permit KY0100773, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued September 5, 2019 and expiring October 31, 2024. 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 filedAMERICAN RIVER TRANSPORTATION CO
Permittee as filedAmerican River Transportation Co
NPDES IDKY0100773
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
IssuedSeptember 5, 2019
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2024
AddressHenderson, KY 42420
Receiving waterOHIO RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedDiamond Island-Ohio River (HUC 051402020602)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended620518August 31, 2020248% over the limit
Chloride [as Cl]0786October 31, 2006317% over the limit
Iron, total recoverable21495April 30, 2020275% over the limit
pH62202March 31, 2021
Oil and grease01801July 31, 200550% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant62060
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]01290
Fluoride, total [as F]0800
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]2670
Selenium, total recoverable0510
Cadmium, total recoverable0510
Copper, total recoverable0510
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C0170
Phosphorus, total [as P]0170
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]0170
Aluminum, total recoverable0170
Oil & Grease6160
Sulfate, total [as SO4]420
Manganese, total recoverable400

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, 2019Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 23, 2019Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6

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 KY0100773, held by American River Transportation Co in Henderson, KY, which discharges to the Ohio River and is administratively continued past its expiration date. The page lists 8 pollutants under a numeric limit, 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 19 pollutants on file, within the Diamond Island-Ohio River subwatershed (HUC 051402020602).