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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KS0000604

EVERGY - GORDON EVANS ENERGY CTR, Colwich, KS: NPDES KS0000604 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EVERGY - GORDON EVANS ENERGY CTR, held by EVERGY, INC, holds NPDES permit KS0000604, which discharges to Cowskin Cr (1103001314). EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedEVERGY - GORDON EVANS ENERGY CTR
Permittee as filedEVERGY, INC
NPDES IDKS0000604
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 1, 2020
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2023
Issuing agencyKansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
AddressColwich, KS 67030
Receiving waterCowskin Cr (1103001314)
SubwatershedHeadwaters Cowskin Creek (HUC 110300130102)

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

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
Lead, total recoverable111June 30, 2020414% over the limit
Oil & Grease2600
Solids, total suspended2480
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2480
pH2120
Oxidants, total residual0120
Oxidants, free available0120
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit100
Copper, total recoverable100

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 KS0000604.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

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 14, 2026.