Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KYR004589

LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT - WEST DISTRICT PUBLIC WORKS, Louisville, KY: NPDES KYR004589 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
7Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT - WEST DISTRICT PUBLIC WORKS, held by Louisville Metro Government - West District Public Works, holds NPDES permit KYR004589. EPA’s file records it issued December 13, 2023 and expiring July 31, 2028. 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	LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT - WEST DISTRICT PUBLIC WORKS
Permittee as filed	Louisville Metro Government - West District Public Works
NPDES ID	KYR004589
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	December 13, 2023
Expiration date	July 31, 2028
Issuing agency	KY DEP
Address	Louisville, KY 40118
Subwatershed	Upper Southern Ditch (HUC 051401021202)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler KYR000000232

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

7Pollutants on file
7Under a numeric limit
1With 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	Largest exceedance, as filed
Chloride [as Cl]	1	1	1	September 30, 2025	3% over the limit
pH	2	0	0
Solids, total suspended	2	0	0
Oil & Grease	2	0	0
Surfactants [MBAS]	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]	2	0	0

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

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KYR004589.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KYR004589.

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
January 23, 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 the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES KYR004589, held by Louisville Metro Government - West District Public Works in Louisville, KY, and records its effective status, minor discharger class, and subwatershed Upper Southern Ditch (HUC 051401021202). The page lists 7 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued December 13, 2023 and expiring July 31, 2028.