Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KYP000074

KNOX COUNTY UTILITIES COMMISSION, Barbourville, KY: NPDES KYP000074 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
4Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

KNOX COUNTY UTILITIES COMMISSION, held by Knox County Utilities Commission, holds NPDES permit KYP000074, which discharges to Barbourville Stp. EPA’s file records it issued August 17, 2017 and expiring September 30, 2022.

KNOX COUNTY UTILITIES COMMISSION, Barbourville, Kentucky: State-issued individual permit KYP000074, held by Knox County Utilities Commission; Publicly owned treatment works; Effective; issued August 17, 2017, term to September 30, 2022; discharges to BARBOURVILLE STP.

Industrial contribution % of influent: 1 limit, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Precipitation volume: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Population served: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

December 18, 2025: Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify (ST6).
December 18, 2025: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

Kentucky holds 50 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 16 were issued before KYP000074.

Coverages issued nearest KYP000074

July 20, 2017: CENTERTOWN, CITY OF, Centertown, KYP000078, held by Centertown, City of
August 17, 2017: PLEASUREVILLE, CITY OF, Eminence, KYP000036, held by Pleasureville, City of
August 17, 2017: FLATWOODS, CITY OF, Russell, KYP000039, held by Flatwoods, City of
August 17, 2017: BOYD & GREENUP SANITATION DISTRICT 1, Flatwoods, KYP000040, held by Boyd & Greenup Sanitation District 1
August 17, 2017: PRESTONVILLE, CITY OF, Carrollton, KYP000056, held by Prestonville, City of
October 30, 2017: ARLINGTON, CITY OF, Arlington, KYP000065, held by Arlington, City of
November 27, 2017: LINCOLN CO WASTEWATER COLLECTION, Stanford, KYP000094, held by Lincoln Co Wastewater Collection
December 18, 2017: HANSON, CITY OF, Hanson, KYP000047, held by Hanson, City of
December 18, 2017: TAYLORSVILLE LAKE STATE PARK, Taylorsville, KYP000095, held by Taylorsville Lake State Park
December 20, 2017: PERRY COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT 1, Hazard, KYP000034, held by Perry County Sanitation District 1

KNOX COUNTY UTILITIES COMMISSION among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 5 discharge permits in the Fighting Creek-Cumberland River subwatershed (HUC 051301010308), KYP000074 among them. Its county holds 20, 1 of them major permits; KYP000074 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Fighting Creek-Cumberland River subwatershed (HUC 051301010308)

BARBOURVILLE STP, Barbourville: KY0024082, major permit, discharging to CUMBERLAND RIVER, permit term to May 31, 2020
BARBOURVILLE STP, Barbourville: KYL024082, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
G & M OIL CO INC, Barbourville: KY0089958, minor permit, discharging to CUMBERLAND RIVER, permit term to December 31, 2017
KNOX CO STATE MAINTENANCE GARAGE BARBOURVILLE LOT #532, Barbourville: KYR004686, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2028

Identity

Facility as filed	KNOX COUNTY UTILITIES COMMISSION
Permittee as filed	Knox County Utilities Commission
NPDES ID	KYP000074
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	State-issued individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	August 17, 2017
Expiration date	September 30, 2022
Address	Barbourville, KY 40903
Receiving water	BARBOURVILLE STP
Subwatershed	Fighting Creek-Cumberland River (HUC 051301010308)

Effluent limits and exceedances

4Pollutants on file
4Under a numeric limit
1With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

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 measure	Limits	Violations, any kind
Industrial contribution % of influent	1	10
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0
Precipitation volume	2	0
Population served	1	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES KYP000074.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

2Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
December 18, 2025	Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify	ST6
December 18, 2025	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KYP000074.

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 KYP000074.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit KYP000074, held by Knox County Utilities Commission in Barbourville, KY, which discharges to Barbourville STP and is classed as a minor discharger. The page lists 4 pollutants on file, 4 of them under a numeric limit, with 1 pollutant showing a violation of any kind and 0 showing an effluent exceedance.