Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0001929
BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC - REID GREEN, Robards, KY: NPDES KY0001929 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 32Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC - REID GREEN, held by Big Rivers Electric - Reid Green, holds NPDES permit KY0001929, which discharges to Green River. EPA’s file records it issued June 15, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC - REID GREEN |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Big Rivers Electric - Reid Green |
| NPDES ID | KY0001929 |
| 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 | June 15, 2018 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2023 |
| Address | Robards, KY 42452 |
| Receiving water | GREEN RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Groves Creek (HUC 051100050401) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 35Pollutants on file
- 32Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 18 | 10 | 8 | April 30, 2009 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 22 | 8 | 6 | May 31, 2017 | 520% over the limit |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 8 | 3 | 1 | October 31, 2008 | 30% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 26 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 10 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 18 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 16 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxidants, total residual | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate [as S] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorination | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration of Oxidant Addition | 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 KY0001929.
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 15, 2026.