Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0002038
KENTUCKY UTILITIES - GHENT GENERATING STATION, Ghent, KY: NPDES KY0002038 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KENTUCKY UTILITIES - GHENT GENERATING STATION, held by Kentucky Utilities - Ghent Generating Station, holds NPDES permit KY0002038, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued March 27, 2019 and expiring April 30, 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 filed | KENTUCKY UTILITIES - GHENT GENERATING STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Kentucky Utilities - Ghent Generating Station |
| NPDES ID | KY0002038 |
| 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 | March 27, 2019 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2024 |
| Address | Ghent, KY 41045 |
| Receiving water | OHIO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Hunt Creek-Ohio River (HUC 050902031009) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 28Pollutants on file
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 3 | 1 | January 31, 2003 | 40% over the limit |
| pH | 14 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2009 | |
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 2 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 26 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxidants, total residual | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration of Oxidant Addition | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cooling Water Intake Inspection | 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 KY0002038.
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.