Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0001279

DOW SILICONES CORP, Carrollton, KY: NPDES KY0001279 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
71Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

DOW SILICONES CORP, held by Dow Silicones Corp, holds NPDES permit KY0001279, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued December 7, 2016 and expiring January 31, 2022. 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	DOW SILICONES CORP
Permittee as filed	Dow Silicones Corp
NPDES ID	KY0001279
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	December 7, 2016
Expiration date	January 31, 2022
Address	Carrollton, KY 41008
Receiving water	OHIO RIVER
Subwatershed	McCools Creek-Ohio River (HUC 050902031010)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

72Pollutants on file
71Under a numeric limit
17With a violation of any kind
5With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 72 are shown.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended	4	6	4	May 31, 2009	209% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	0	4	2	October 31, 2004	268% over the limit
pH	6	20	1	November 30, 2020
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	3	1	February 28, 2021	98% over the limit
Toxicity, final conc toxicity units	2	1	1	December 31, 2019	6% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	6	4	0
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]	4	4	0
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	2	2	0
Chloride [as Cl]	2	2	0
Chromium, total [as Cr]	2	2	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	2	0
Lead, total [as Pb]	2	2	0
Nickel, total [as Ni]	2	2	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	2	0
Toluene	2	2	0
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	2	2	0
Phenol	2	2	0
Cyanide, total [as CN]	2	0	0
Copper, total recoverable	2	0	0
Carbon tetrachloride	2	0	0
1,2-Dichloroethane	2	0	0
Chloroform	2	0	0
Benzene	2	0	0
Acenaphthylene	2	0	0
Acenaphthene	2	0	0
Acrylonitrile	2	0	0
Anthracene	2	0	0
Benzo[k]fluoranthene	2	0	0
Benzo[a]pyrene	2	0	0
Chlorobenzene	2	0	0
Chrysene	2	0	0
Diethyl phthalate	2	0	0
Dimethyl phthalate	2	0	0
Ethylbenzene	2	0	0
Fluoranthene	2	0	0
Fluorene	2	0	0
Hexachloroethane	2	0	0
Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]	2	0	0
Methylene chloride	2	0	0
Nitrobenzene	2	0	0
Phenanthrene	2	0	0
Pyrene	2	0	0
Tetrachloroethylene	2	0	0
1,1-Dichloroethane	2	0	0
1,1-Dichloroethylene	2	0	0
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	2	0	0
Benzo[a]anthracene	2	0	0
1,2-Dichlorobenzene	2	0	0
1,2-Dichloropropane	2	0	0
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	2	0	0
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	2	0	0
1,3-Dichlorobenzene	2	0	0
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	2	0	0
2-Chlorophenol	2	0	0
2-Nitrophenol	2	0	0
2,4-Dichlorophenol	2	0	0
2,4-Dimethylphenol	2	0	0
2,4-Dinitrotoluene	2	0	0
2,4-Dinitrophenol	2	0	0
2,6-Dinitrotoluene	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 KY0001279.

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.