Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KYR003205

BIG SOUTH FORK RAILROAD, Stearns, KY: NPDES KYR003205 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
4Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

BIG SOUTH FORK RAILROAD, held by Big South Fork Railroad, holds NPDES permit KYR003205. EPA’s file records it issued October 10, 2013 and expiring May 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 filed	BIG SOUTH FORK RAILROAD
Permittee as filed	Big South Fork Railroad
NPDES ID	KYR003205
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Industrial stormwater
Issued	October 10, 2013
Expiration date	May 31, 2018
Issuing agency	KY DEP
Address	Stearns, KY 42647
Subwatershed	Lower Marsh Creek (HUC 051301010902)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

4Pollutants on file
4Under a numeric limit
4With 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
pH	2	32
Solids, total suspended	2	32
Oil & Grease	2	32
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	32

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES KYR003205.

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

5Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
February 20, 2026	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6
August 18, 2021	WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Monitor	ST6
September 17, 2019	WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Discharge without a permit	ST6
September 17, 2019	WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Monitor	ST6
July 19, 2018	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
February 20, 2026	Evaluation	S

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

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
October 9, 2026	Notice of Violation	State

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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit KYR003205, held by Big South Fork Railroad for a facility listed as BIG SOUTH FORK RAILROAD in Stearns, KY, with the permit administratively continued after its May 31, 2018 expiration date. The page lists 4 pollutants on file, 4 under a numeric limit, 4 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance, within the Lower Marsh Creek subwatershed (HUC 051301010902).