Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0000221
KENTUCKY POWER CO - BIG SANDY PLANT, Louisa, KY: NPDES KY0000221 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KENTUCKY POWER CO - BIG SANDY PLANT, held by Kentucky Power Co - Big Sandy Plant, holds NPDES permit KY0000221, which discharges to Big Sandy River / Blaine Crk. EPA’s file records it issued February 21, 2018 and expiring March 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 filed | KENTUCKY POWER CO - BIG SANDY PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Kentucky Power Co - Big Sandy Plant |
| NPDES ID | KY0000221 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 21, 2018 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2023 |
| Address | Louisa, KY 41230 |
| Receiving water | BIG SANDY RIVER / BLAINE CRK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little Cat Fork-Blaine Creek (HUC 050702040305) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 33Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 26 | 8 | July 31, 2020 | 73% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 7 | 7 | July 31, 2015 | 625% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 10 | 6 | October 31, 2011 | 4,225% over the limit |
| Oxidants, total residual | 2 | 13 | 5 | June 30, 2021 | 125% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 5 | 5 | September 30, 2006 | 67% over the limit |
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 4 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2013 | 289% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 18 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 16 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 8 | 15 | 0 | ||
| pH | 16 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Metals, total | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total residual ooxidant-discharge time | 1 | 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 KY0000221.
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.