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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KYGE40352

4TH GEN FUELS LLC 807-0504, Calvin, KY: NPDES KYGE40352 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

4TH GEN FUELS LLC 807-0504, held by 4th Gen Fuels LLC 807-0504, holds NPDES permit KYGE40352. EPA’s file records it issued February 25, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2024.

4TH GEN FUELS LLC 807-0504, Calvin, Kentucky: Coverage under a general permit KYGE40352, held by 4th Gen Fuels LLC 807-0504; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued February 25, 2020, term to September 30, 2024, by KY DEP.

  • Solids, total suspended: 20 limits, 120 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest February 29, 2016, largest 117% over the limit.
  • Specific conductance: 20 limits, 120 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 20 limits, 120 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Sulfate, total [as SO4]: 20 limits, 120 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Iron, total recoverable: 20 limits, 120 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Manganese, total recoverable: 20 limits, 120 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 20 limits, 120 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Precipitation volume: 20 limits, 119 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, settleable: 20 limits, 118 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Date of Sample Collection: 20 limits, 116 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Date of Storm Event: 20 limits, 116 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Selenium, dry weight: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Selenium, total recoverable: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Report due [yrmoda]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Toxicity, Chronic: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • October 11, 2017: Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice Deficiencies (ST6).
  • October 11, 2017: Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation (ST6).
  • January 5, 2017: Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample (ST6).

4TH GEN FUELS LLC 807-0504 among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 4 discharge permits in the Brownies Creek-Cumberland River subwatershed (HUC 051301010206), KYGE40352 among them. Its county holds 38, 2 of them major permits; KYGE40352 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Brownies Creek-Cumberland River subwatershed (HUC 051301010206)

Identity

Facility as filed4TH GEN FUELS LLC 807-0504
Permittee as filed4th Gen Fuels LLC 807-0504
NPDES IDKYGE40352
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 25, 2020
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2024
Issuing agencyKY DEP
AddressCalvin, KY 40813
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBrownies Creek-Cumberland River (HUC 051301010206)

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 suspended201202February 29, 2016117% over the limit
Specific conductance201200
pH201200
Sulfate, total [as SO4]201200
Iron, total recoverable201200
Manganese, total recoverable201200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant201200
Precipitation volume201190
Solids, settleable201180
Date of Sample Collection201160
Date of Storm Event201160
Selenium, dry weight400
Selenium, total recoverable100
Report due [yrmoda]100
Toxicity, Chronic100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 11, 2017Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice DeficienciesST6
October 11, 2017Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6
January 5, 2017Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KYGE40352.

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 KYGE40352.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES KYGE40352, held by 4th Gen Fuels LLC 807-0504 in Calvin, KY, with an administratively continued status, a Minor Discharger class, and EPA permit file dates of February 25, 2020 issued and September 30, 2024 expiration. The page lists 15 pollutants on file, 1 under a numeric limit, and 1 with an effluent exceedance, and the receiving water is shown as 303(D) Listed in the Brownies Creek-Cumberland River subwatershed (HUC 051301010206).