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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0001210

KOSMOS CEMENT COMPANY LLC, Louisville, KY: NPDES KY0001210 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

KOSMOS CEMENT COMPANY LLC, held by Kosmos Cement Company LLC, holds NPDES permit KY0001210, which discharges to Pond Crk / Salt River / Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued April 8, 2019 and expiring May 31, 2024. 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 filedKOSMOS CEMENT COMPANY LLC
Permittee as filedKosmos Cement Company LLC
NPDES IDKY0001210
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
IssuedApril 8, 2019
Expiration dateMay 31, 2024
AddressLouisville, KY 40272
Receiving waterPOND CRK / SALT RIVER / OHIO RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedFall Run-Ohio River (HUC 051401010904)

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
Solids, total suspended1223514June 30, 2026205% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual097February 29, 20081,600% over the limit
Oil and grease02076June 30, 20091,353% over the limit
pH142414April 30, 2025
Oil & Grease14302October 31, 2023205% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant142120
Temperature, water deg. centigrade0320
Solids, settleable280
Precipitation volume280
Oil and grease, hexane extr method040
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit120
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]200
Iron, total recoverable200
Zinc, total recoverable200

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 KY0001210.

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.