Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KYR004546

MATALCO KENTUCKY LLC, Franklin, KY: NPDES KYR004546 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

MATALCO KENTUCKY LLC, held by Matalco Kentucky LLC, holds NPDES permit KYR004546. EPA’s file records it issued January 6, 2023 and expiring July 31, 2023.

MATALCO KENTUCKY LLC, Franklin, Kentucky: Coverage under a general permit KYR004546, held by Matalco Kentucky LLC; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 6, 2023, term to July 31, 2023, by KY DEP.

pH: 2 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 2026.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

October 30, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).
September 4, 2024: WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Monitor (ST6).

Kentucky holds 94 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 88 were issued before KYR004546.

Coverages issued nearest KYR004546

October 20, 2021: OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, Louisville, KYR004480, held by Old Dominion Freight Line
February 25, 2022: CONSOLIDATED TERMINALS AND LOGISTICS CO., Louisville, KYR004500, held by Consolidated Terminals & Logistics Co
May 9, 2022: D & B TRUCK & EQUIPMENT SALES LLC, Glasgow, KYR004505, held by D & B Truck & Equipment Sales LLC
July 15, 2022: J&S AUTO SALES, Columbia, KYR004519, held by J&S Auto Sales
December 2, 2022: WILD FLAVORS INC, Erlanger, KYR004540, held by Wild Flavors Inc
November 1, 2023: WAYNE DRY KILNS INC, Monticello [Wayne], KYR003057, held by Wayne Dry Kilns Inc
December 28, 2023: MCLANE FOODSERVICE, Hebron, KYR004551, held by McLane Foodservice
January 31, 2024: PROGRESS RAIL SERVICES, Louisville, KYR003228, held by Progress Rail Services Corp
August 28, 2024: STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL LLC, Jamestown, KYR003867, held by Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC
September 3, 2025: SEQUOIA ENERGY, LLC, Sampson, KY0114162, held by Sequoia Energy, LLC

MATALCO KENTUCKY LLC among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 34 discharge permits in the Sinking Creek-West Fork Drakes Creek subwatershed (HUC 051100020603), KYR004546 among them. Its county holds 45, 1 of them major permits; KYR004546 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Sinking Creek-West Fork Drakes Creek subwatershed (HUC 051100020603)

2C INVESTMENTS, LLC, Franklin: KYR10T900, minor permit, discharging to West Fork Drakes Creek, permit term to December 31, 2029
AL JOHNSON DISTRIBUTORS LLC, Franklin: KY0094951, minor permit, discharging to SINKING CRK, permit term to August 31, 2023
BSS FRANKLIN - RETAIL CENTER, Franklin: KYR10T686, minor permit, discharging to Sinkhole, permit term to December 31, 2029
CHARLES DEWEESE CONSTRUCTION INC ASPHALT DIVISION, Franklin: KYG110190, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2020
DRAKES CREEK QUARRY, Franklin: KY0110949, minor permit, discharging to WEST FORK OF DRAKES CRK, permit term to January 31, 2024
EJ FRANKLIN LLC, Franklin: KYR004261, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2023
FRANKLIN SIMPSON BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELD IMPROVEMENTS, Franklin: KYR10T594, minor permit, discharging to West Fork Drakes Creek, permit term to December 31, 2029
FRANKLIN SIMPSON HIGH SCHOOL CTE SCHOOL ADDITION, Franklin: KYR10T470, minor permit, discharging to West Fork Drakes Creek, permit term to December 31, 2029
FRANKLIN STP, Franklin: KY0027456, major permit, discharging to DRAKES CRK / WEST FORK, permit term to August 31, 2019
FRANKLIN STP, Franklin: KYL027456, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025

Identity

Facility as filed	MATALCO KENTUCKY LLC
Permittee as filed	Matalco Kentucky LLC
NPDES ID	KYR004546
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	January 6, 2023
Expiration date	July 31, 2023
Issuing agency	KY DEP
Address	Franklin, KY 42134
Subwatershed	Sinking Creek-West Fork Drakes Creek (HUC 051100020603)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	ICIS-AIR source KY0000002121300077

Effluent limits and exceedances

4Pollutants on file
4Under a numeric limit
4With a violation of any kind
1With 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	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance
pH	2	5	1	June 30, 2026
Solids, total suspended	2	4	0
Oil & Grease	2	4	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	4	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 4, 2024	WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Monitor	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KYR004546.

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 30, 2026	Notice of Violation	State

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit KYR004546, held by MATALCO KENTUCKY LLC in Franklin, KY, under the industrial stormwater program and shown as administratively continued, with a minor discharger class. It lists 4 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, within the Sinking Creek-West Fork Drakes Creek subwatershed (HUC 051100020603).