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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0110264

GARRETT RECYCLING INC, Paducah, KY: NPDES KY0110264 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GARRETT RECYCLING INC, held by Garrett Recycling Inc, holds NPDES permit KY0110264, which discharges to Unnamed Tributary To Island Crk. EPA’s file records it issued July 18, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023.

GARRETT RECYCLING INC, Paducah, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0110264, held by Garrett Recycling Inc; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 18, 2018, term to August 31, 2023; discharges to UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO ISLAND CRK; Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers.

  • Copper, total recoverable: 2 limits, 72 violations of any kind, 60 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2023, largest 1,019% over the limit.
  • Zinc, total recoverable: 2 limits, 44 violations of any kind, 32 effluent exceedances, latest February 29, 2024, largest 2,080% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 33 violations of any kind, 23 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2021, largest 203% over the limit.
  • Lead, total recoverable: 2 limits, 29 violations of any kind, 17 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2021, largest 190% over the limit.
  • Cadmium, total recoverable: 2 limits, 15 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2014, largest 73% over the limit.
  • Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2021, largest 115% over the limit.
  • Oil and grease: 0 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2017, largest 318% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Iron, total recoverable: 2 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Hardness, total [as CaCO3]: 2 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Aluminum, total recoverable: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • August 21, 2020: Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample (ST6).
  • August 21, 2020: Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice Deficiencies (ST6).
  • August 21, 2020: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
  • August 21, 2020: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).

GARRETT RECYCLING INC among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 15 discharge permits in the Island Creek subwatershed (HUC 060400060504), KY0110264 among them. Its county holds 94, 3 of them major permits; KY0110264 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Island Creek subwatershed (HUC 060400060504)

Identity

Facility as filedGARRETT RECYCLING INC
Permittee as filedGarrett Recycling Inc
NPDES IDKY0110264
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 18, 2018
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2023
AddressPaducah, KY 42003
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO ISLAND CRK
SubwatershedIsland Creek (HUC 060400060504)
NAICS423930 – Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers
SIC5093 – Scrap And Waste Materials

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
Copper, total recoverable27260January 31, 20231,019% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable24432February 29, 20242,080% over the limit
Solids, total suspended23323November 30, 2021203% over the limit
Lead, total recoverable22917March 31, 2021190% over the limit
Cadmium, total recoverable2153February 28, 201473% over the limit
Oil & Grease293January 31, 2021115% over the limit
Oil and grease073September 30, 2017318% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2160
Iron, total recoverable2140
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]2120
pH2100
Aluminum, total recoverable260

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 21, 2020Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
August 21, 2020Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice DeficienciesST6
August 21, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
August 21, 2020Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KY0110264.

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 KY0110264.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit KY0110264, held by GARRETT RECYCLING INC in Paducah, KY, which discharges to UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO ISLAND CRK in the Island Creek (HUC 060400060504) subwatershed. The permit is a Minor discharger class individual permit listed as Administratively continued, with 7 pollutants under a numeric limit and 11 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.