Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0002917
US ARMY GARRISON COMMAND - FORT KNOX, Fort Knox, KY: NPDES KY0002917 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
US ARMY GARRISON COMMAND - FORT KNOX, held by US Army Garrison Command - Fort Knox, holds NPDES permit KY0002917, which discharges to Mill Crk / Otter Crk / Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued January 21, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2025. 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 | US ARMY GARRISON COMMAND - FORT KNOX |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | US Army Garrison Command - Fort Knox |
| NPDES ID | KY0002917 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Federal facility |
| Issued | January 21, 2020 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2025 |
| Address | Fort Knox, KY 40121 |
| Receiving water | MILL CRK / OTTER CRK / OHIO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower Mill Creek (HUC 051401021302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 29Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 26 | 12 | 10 | March 31, 2025 | 2,994% over the limit |
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 0 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2007 | 1,068% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 16 | 2 | 2 | August 31, 2005 | 75% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 2018 | 40% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2006 | 42% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 3 | 1 | July 31, 2005 | 16% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 26 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 18 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Biochemical oxygen demand-5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Streamflow | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 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 KY0002917.
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.