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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0104736

BARTON BRANDS OF KENTUCKY, Bardstown, KY: NPDES KY0104736 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BARTON BRANDS OF KENTUCKY, held by Barton Brands of Kentucky, holds NPDES permit KY0104736. EPA’s file records it issued July 17, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023.

BARTON BRANDS OF KENTUCKY, Bardstown, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0104736, held by Barton Brands of Kentucky; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 17, 2018, term to August 31, 2023; Wineries.

  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2020, largest 660% over the limit.
  • Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 2014, largest 30% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Hardness, total [as CaCO3]: 0 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 2 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • September 5, 2025: Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation (ST6).
  • September 5, 2025: Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice Deficiencies (ST6).
  • September 5, 2025: Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample (ST6).
  • September 5, 2025: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
  • April 1, 2019: Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation (ST6).
  • March 7, 2019: Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation (ST6).
  • June 28, 2018: Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify (ST6).
  • June 22, 2018: Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation (ST6).
  • June 22, 2018: Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify (ST6).

BARTON BRANDS OF KENTUCKY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 22 discharge permits in the Buffalo Creek-Beech Fork subwatershed (HUC 051401030306), KY0104736 among them. Its county holds 91, 2 of them major permits; KY0104736 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Buffalo Creek-Beech Fork subwatershed (HUC 051401030306)

Identity

Facility as filedBARTON BRANDS OF KENTUCKY
Permittee as filedBarton Brands of Kentucky
NPDES IDKY0104736
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
IssuedJuly 17, 2018
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2023
AddressBardstown, KY 40004
SubwatershedBuffalo Creek-Beech Fork (HUC 051401030306)
NAICS312130 – Wineries
SIC2085 – Distilled And Blended Liquors
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source KY0000002117900020

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 suspended2128October 31, 2020660% over the limit
Oil & Grease251June 30, 201430% over the limit
pH2180
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2140
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]0110
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit270
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]220
Temperature, water deg. centigrade010

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 5, 2025Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
September 5, 2025Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice DeficienciesST6
September 5, 2025Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
September 5, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
April 1, 2019Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
March 7, 2019Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
June 28, 2018Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
June 22, 2018Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
June 22, 2018Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KY0104736.

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 KY0104736.

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What this page shows

This page is a public-records entry for NPDES permit KY0104736, held by Barton Brands of Kentucky at Bardstown, KY, and it lists the permit's status as administratively continued with a minor discharger class. The page reports 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued July 17, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023.