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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0102407

WESTCARE KENTUCKY INC, Ashcamp, KY: NPDES KY0102407 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WESTCARE KENTUCKY INC, held by Westcare Kentucky Inc, holds NPDES permit KY0102407, which discharges to Elkhorn Crk. EPA’s file records it issued May 16, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2022. 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 filedWESTCARE KENTUCKY INC
Permittee as filedWestcare Kentucky Inc
NPDES IDKY0102407
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
IssuedMay 16, 2017
Expiration dateJune 30, 2022
AddressAshcamp, KY 41512
Receiving waterELKHORN CRK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLower Elkhorn Creek (HUC 050702020702)

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]411137September 30, 2024425% over the limit
Solids, total suspended27032March 31, 2020833% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual24426September 30, 202156,991% over the limit
E. coli23620June 30, 202146,054% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]25818March 31, 2026337% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]12314September 30, 202466% over the limit
pH2257March 31, 2013
Coliform, fecal general031December 31, 200650% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2220

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
April 16, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
December 17, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 10, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
July 1, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
March 7, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
January 26, 2023Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
March 23, 2022Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
March 23, 2022Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
April 18, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KY0102407.

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 13, 2026Notice of ViolationState

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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WESTCARE KENTUCKY INC, Ashcamp, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0102407, held by Westcare Kentucky Inc; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 16, 2017, term to June 30, 2022; discharges to ELKHORN CRK.

  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 111 violations of any kind, 37 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2024, largest 425% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 70 violations of any kind, 32 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2020, largest 833% over the limit.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 44 violations of any kind, 26 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2021, largest 56,991% over the limit.
  • E. coli: 2 limits, 36 violations of any kind, 20 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2021, largest 46,054% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 2 limits, 58 violations of any kind, 18 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2026, largest 337% over the limit.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 23 violations of any kind, 14 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2024, largest 66% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 25 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2013.
  • Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2006, largest 50% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • October 13, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).
  • April 16, 2025: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
  • December 17, 2024: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
  • October 10, 2024: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
  • July 1, 2024: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
  • March 7, 2024: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
  • January 26, 2023: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
  • March 23, 2022: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
  • March 23, 2022: Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation (ST6).
  • April 18, 2018: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).

Other permits held by Westcare Kentucky Inc

WESTCARE KENTUCKY INC among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Lower Elkhorn Creek subwatershed (HUC 050702020702), KY0102407 among them. Its county holds 163, 1 of them major permits; KY0102407 is a minor permit.

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This EPA public-records page covers NPDES permit KY0102407, held by WESTCARE KENTUCKY INC in Ashcamp, KY, which discharges to ELKHORN CRK within the Lower Elkhorn Creek subwatershed (HUC 050702020702). The page lists 9 pollutants on file, 8 of them under a numeric limit, and 8 with an effluent exceedance.