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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0106828

TORBITT & CASTLEMAN OCSD, Buckner, KY: NPDES KY0106828 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TORBITT & CASTLEMAN OCSD, held by Torbitt & Castleman Ocsd, holds NPDES permit KY0106828, which discharges to Darby Fork Crk. EPA’s file records it issued May 14, 2013 and expiring July 31, 2018. 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 filedTORBITT & CASTLEMAN OCSD
Permittee as filedTorbitt & Castleman Ocsd
NPDES IDKY0106828
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 14, 2013
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2018
AddressBuckner, KY 40004
Receiving waterDARBY FORK CRK
SubwatershedDarby Creek-Harrods Creek (HUC 051401010503)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler KYD985083971

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]83519March 31, 20131,640% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]83616March 31, 20131,225% over the limit
Solids, total suspended84614March 31, 20132,000% over the limit
E. coli21713March 31, 2013900% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual273February 28, 200910,426% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal163June 30, 2013173% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]142March 31, 200811% over the limit
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]270
Zinc, total recoverable270
Cadmium, total recoverable270
Lead, total recoverable270
Copper, total recoverable270
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant460
Phosphorus, total [as P]260
pH240
Nitrogen, total [as N]240
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal120
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit020
Oil & Grease020
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total020
Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total020
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]020

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KY0106828.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KY0106828.

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 KY0106828.

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 NPDES permit KY0106828, held by TORBITT & CASTLEMAN OCSD in Buckner, KY, which discharges to Darby Fork Crk within the Darby Creek-Harrods Creek watershed (HUC 051401010503). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a classification of Minor Discharger, 17 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.