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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0106283

WHITESBURG STP (NEW), Whitesburg, KY: NPDES KY0106283 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WHITESBURG STP (NEW), held by Whitesburg STP New, holds NPDES permit KY0106283, which discharges to North Fork / Kentucky River. EPA’s file records it issued August 28, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2025. 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 filedWHITESBURG STP (NEW)
Permittee as filedWhitesburg STP New
NPDES IDKY0106283
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
IssuedAugust 28, 2020
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2025
AddressWhitesburg, KY 41858
Receiving waterNORTH FORK / KENTUCKY RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCrafts Colly Creek-North Fork Kentucky River (HUC 051002010103)
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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
E. coli213185March 31, 202524,900% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal15330June 30, 2024347% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]621024December 31, 2024177% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal14522November 30, 2024167% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]813919May 31, 20263,100% over the limit
Solids, total suspended620216February 28, 20221,025% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1329May 31, 201792% over the limit
pH2471February 29, 2016
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant41860
Phosphorus, total [as P]6480
Nitrogen, total [as N]4360
Cadmium, total recoverable0240
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]0200
Zinc, total recoverable0200
Lead, total recoverable0200
Copper, total recoverable0200
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]0140
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit200
Oil & Grease200
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total200
Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total200
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]200

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
February 6, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 9, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
March 11, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
February 5, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
February 5, 2024Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified OperatorST6
December 20, 2022Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
May 27, 2021Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 25, 2020Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 25, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 29, 2020Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
January 29, 2020Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
November 22, 2019Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
November 22, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 11, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 11, 2019Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
June 18, 2019Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
June 18, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
February 19, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
December 11, 2018Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
December 11, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 22, 2018Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
October 22, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 5, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
November 20, 2017Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
July 18, 2017Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 9, 2026EvaluationS
April 7, 2026Reconnaissance without SamplingS
January 13, 2026Reconnaissance without SamplingS

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 14, 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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What this page shows

The page is a public-records entry for NPDES permit KY0106283, held by Whitesburg STP New for the WHITESBURG STP (NEW) facility in Whitesburg, KY, which discharges to North Fork / Kentucky River. The permit is listed as a minor discharger, administratively continued, with 16 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.