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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KYR004754

ESTES EXPRESS LINES, Lexington, KY: NPDES KYR004754 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ESTES EXPRESS LINES, held by Estes Express Lines, holds NPDES permit KYR004754. EPA’s file records it issued August 28, 2024 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 filedESTES EXPRESS LINES
Permittee as filedEstes Express Lines
NPDES IDKYR004754
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 28, 2024
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2028
Issuing agencyKY DEP
AddressLexington, KY 40574
SubwatershedCane Run (HUC 051002050804)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler KYR000004044

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

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
pH220
Solids, total suspended220
Oil & Grease220
Surfactants [MBAS]220
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant220
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]220

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES KYR004754.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KYR004754.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KYR004754.

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 KYR004754.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit KYR004754, held by Estes Express Lines at Lexington, KY 40574 in the Cane Run subwatershed (HUC 051002050804). The permit is listed as Effective, a Minor discharger class, issued by KY DEP on August 28, 2024 and expiring July 31, 2028. The page reports 6 pollutants on file, 6 under a numeric limit, 6 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.