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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0001457

LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS, Louisville, KY: NPDES KY0001457 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS, held by Lubrizol Advanced Materials, holds NPDES permit KY0001457, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued December 9, 2020 and expiring January 31, 2026. 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 filedLUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS
Permittee as filedLubrizol Advanced Materials
NPDES IDKY0001457
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
IssuedDecember 9, 2020
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2026
AddressLouisville, KY 40211
Receiving waterOHIO 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
Chlorine, total residual0172110June 30, 201611,479% over the limit
pH164610May 31, 2019
Oil and grease0406August 31, 2005413% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit4115July 31, 201313% over the limit
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]6520
Precipitation volume0520
Solids, total suspended16440
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant16380
Cadmium, total recoverable060
Selenium, total [as Se]060
Oil & Grease1620
Copper, total recoverable220
Lead, total recoverable020
Zinc, total recoverable400
Iron, 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 KY0001457.

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.